The Inner Representation of the Dead Child and the World Views of Bereaved Parents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13627668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Kla (0000-0002-0031-5753, Webster University, corresponding author), Dennis Klass (Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 255-272 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/geym-bqwn-9n98-23y5 |
| OpenAlex | W2055840436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 24 |
The trauma of a child's death challenges the parents' worldview, that is, their basic assumptions about how the universe functions and the place or power they have in the universe. The experience of the death is either assimilated into the worldview, or the worldview must accommodate it. This article demonstrates how the task of affirming or remolding the worldview is consistently intertwined with the parents' continued interaction with the inner representation of their dead child. Phenomena which indicate interaction with the inner representation of the deceased are a sense of presence, hallucinations in any of the senses, memory, use of linking objects, or a conscious incorporation of the characteristics or virtues of the dead into the self. Data is from a ten-year ethnographic study of a self-help group of bereaved parents
Developmental psychology · Power (physics · Psychology of self · Representation (politics · Self · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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The Aging of Grief in Israel
Spiritual Bonds to the Dead in Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspective
Nonhumans in Social Interaction
Dismantling the boundaries between life and death
A qualitative exploration of sensing the presence of the deceased following bereavement
Mothers Now Childless
Grief and Abortion
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Attachment and the Experience of Grief Following the Loss of a Spouse
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Continuing Bonds in the Existential, Phenomenological, and Cultural Study of Grief
From Death Notification Through the Funeral
Grieving and Mourning
Women as widows
The first year of bereavement
Widowhood in an American city.
Assumptive Worlds and the Stress of Traumatic Events
The Interpretation of Cultures
Doing fieldwork
Habits of the heart
Stranger and friend
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Dimensions of Grief
Long-term effects of losing a spouse or child in a motor vehicle crash
The Annual of Psychoanalysis
Bereavement
Dealing with Object Loss
Reaching for the Moon
Worldviews
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |