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The Family Bereavement Program

Description of a Theory-based Prevention Program for Parentally-Bereaved Children and Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID13627995
AuthorsTim Ayers (Arizona State University, corresponding author), Tim S Ayers, Sharlene A Wolchik (0000-0002-7664-7359, Arizona State University), Irwin N Sandler (0000-0002-9023-8965, Arizona State University), Joan L Twohey, Janelle Lutzke Weyer, Sarah Padgett-Jones (Arizona State University, Tempe), Lillie Weiss (Weiss Psychologists Ltd, Phoenix, Arizona), Eloise Cole (Counseling Center), Gary Kriege (Counseling Center)
Year2014
Volume68
Issue4
Pages293-314
Publication date2014-05-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.68.4.a
PMID24968618
OpenAlexW2324546830
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited53

This article describes a preventive intervention to promote resilience of parentally bereaved youth. This intervention includes separate but concurrent programs for youth and caregivers that were developed to change empirically-supported risk and protective factors. We first discuss the risk that parental death confers to youth mental health and social adaptation outcomes. Next, we discuss the theoretical framework underlying this program. After describing the content and structure of the program, we describe the results of an experimental field trial and discuss directions for future work

Adaptation (eye · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology

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Citations per year0,7
Citation span2003 - 2026 (24)
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