Parental Death and the Adjustment of School-Age Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J William Worden (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, corresponding author), Phyllis R Silverman (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 91-102 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| 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/p77l-f6f6-5w06-nhbx |
| OpenAlex | W2043041055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 71 |
| References cited | 14 |
Findings on the emotional impact of parental death for dependent children have not been consistent due to serious methodological limitations. The Child Bereavement Study investigated a community-based sample of parentally bereaved children and compared their responses to those from matched non-bereaved controls. Children and their surviving parent were assessed four months, one year, and two years after the death using standardized instrumentation. Most of the difference between the two groups was not obvious until two years after the death. The bereaved showed higher levels of social withdrawal, anxiety, and social problems as well as lower self-esteem and self-efficacy. Although most bereaved children do not show signs of serious emotional/behavioral disturbance, there is a significantly large group of bereaved children who show serious problems at one year (19%) and at two years (21%)
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
Abord et psychothérapie individuelle d'adultes et d'enfants présentant un deuil post-traumatique
Annotation
Subjective Well-Being in Adolescence
The Family Bereavement Program
Losing a parent during childhood
Long-Term Experiencing of Parental Death During Childhood
Sense of self, depression and adaption to grief, in emerging adults who suffered parental loss
Worden’s tasks of mourning through a social work lens
‘Coping with Christmas’- a group intervention for bereaved children
Adult decisions affecting bereaved children
Death and Coping Mechanisms in Animated Disney Movies
A pilot study of the Incredible Years Basic parenting programme with bereaved families
Efficacy of a Camp-Based Intervention for Childhood Traumatic Grief
Group Therapy for Children After Homicide and Violence
Positive Parenting as a Protective Resource for Parentally Bereaved Children
Comparing Parent Loss With Sibling Loss
Pathfinders
Confirming the Distinctiveness of Complicated Grief from Depression and Anxiety Among Adolescents
The grief and communication family support intervention
Examining longer-term effects of parental death in adolescents and young adults
Managing Bereavement in the Classroom
Locus of Control and Self-Esteem as Stress-Moderators or Stress-Mediators in Parentally Bereaved Children
Balancing roles
And Then the Dog Died
Adaptation of a Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention for parentally bereaved families in Sweden
Research, Clinical Practice, and the Human Experience
A pilot study of a new bereavement program for children
Sexuality Following the Loss of a Child
Implications of Parental Suicide and Violent Death for Promotion of Resilience of Parentally-Bereaved Children
The silent grief of grandmothers after an out-of-order death—An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Outcomes of the grief and communication family support intervention on parent and child psychological health and communication
Psychometrics of the PTSD and Depression Screener for Bereaved Youth
Then It Will Be Good”
Gender Differences in Grief Reactions following the Death of a Parent
The Adjustment of Parentally Bereaved Children
Holding Parents So They Can Hold Their Children
The Family Bereavement Program
Voices We Forget—Danish Students Experience of Returning to School Following Parental Bereavement
Adjustment to Loss among Adolescents
Adolescent Grief
Predictors of chronic posttraumatic response in Muslim children following natural disaster
Developmental Manifestations of Grief in Children and Adolescents
Facing Death in Adolescence
Effects of Institutionalization and Parental Living Status on Children’s Self-Esteem, and Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Rwanda
Maternal bereavement
Daughters’ experiences of maternal bereavement during adolescence
The Role of Peer Relationships in Parental Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
No More the Same
Healing Components of a Bereavement Camp
Death in Disney Films
Adult Romantic Attachment among Women who Experienced Childhood Maternal Loss
The Role of Ritual in Children's Bereavement
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Concerns of Grieving Caregivers Scale (COGCS) with Two Clinical Samples
Predictors of Continuing Bonds Among Bereaved Adolescents
Family Communication and Psychological Health in Children and Adolescents Following a Parent’s Death From Cancer
An Exploratory Study of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Bereaved Children
Parents’ Perception of Their Relationship Following the Loss of a Child
Secondary Losses in Bereaved Children when Both Parents have Died
Efficacy of Writing for Recovery on Traumatic Grief Symptoms of Afghani Refugee Bereaved Adolescents
The Prevalence of Childhood Traumatic Grief—A Comparison of Violent/Sudden and Expected Loss
Parental Death, Shifting Family Dynamics, and Female Identity Development
Parentally Bereaved Children and Adolescents
The Effects of Negative Legacies on the Adjustment of Parentally Bereaved Children and Adolescents
Extreme events, educational aspirations, and long-term outcomes
The Impact of Parental Death in Childhood on Sons’ and Daughters’ Status Attainment in Young Adulthood in the Netherlands, 1850–1952
The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being
Quality of Social Relationships and the Development of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth
Navigating the Gap
Does death really make us equal? Educational attainment and resource compensation after paternal death in Finland
Losing or Choosing Faith
Are natural disasters in early childhood associated with mental health and substance use disorders as an adult
| Unique citing works | 71 |
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| Citations per year | 2,63 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2025 (27) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 70 |