Bereavement, Gender, and Cyberspace

A Content Analysis of Parents' Memorials to Their Children

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628004
AutoresGeorge W Musambira (University of Central Florida, autor de correspondencia), Sally O Hastings (0000-0001-5395-1641, University of Central Florida), Judith D Hoover (Western Kentucky University)
Año2007
Volumen54
Número4
Páginas263-279
Fecha de publicación2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/r865-85x7-15j0-0713
PMID18186423
OpenAlexW1974080661
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas17

The study investigated how two distinct perspectives apply to the role of gender in parents' memorials on The Compassionate Friends (TCF) electronic bulletin board; cyberspace as merely a mirror of societal gendered patterns of bereavement, and cyberspace as a medium or context in which societal gendered patterns of bereavement are neutralized. Data were evaluated to determine to what extent gender differences exist concerning instrumental versus intuitive styles of bereavement. Analytic categories used in assessing gender differences in parental bereavement style included the following: invoking spirituality, directing messages to the deceased, artistic expressions, and special powers accorded to the deceased. With some exceptions, the findings supported the perspective emphasizing the gender neutralizing aspects of cyberspace parental bereavement for the population studied

Content analysis · Context (archaeology · Cyberspace · Developmental psychology · Perspective (graphical · Population · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · Style (visual arts · The Internet · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology