Exploring the Bereavement Experience Due to Covid-19 Death Among Arabs in Israel

Bibliographic Data

ID13628844
AuthorsAnwar Khatib (0000-0002-8820-888X, Zefat Academic College, corresponding author), Fareeda Abo-Ra (0000-0001-5312-2923, Smith College), Ahmad Khatib (Rambam Medical Center)
Year2023
Volume92
Issue2
Pages640-652
Publication date2023-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228231187097
PMID37390331
OpenAlexW4382654906
LanguageEN
References cited25

This study examined the experience of bereavement because of COVID-19 among the Arab minority in Israel, based on the two-track model of grief, using a qualitative approach. The data was collected in an in-depth interview with 34 participants representing the three religions in the Arab population in Israel, approximately 1 year after the loss occurred. The findings revealed that most participants reported returning to their previous function almost completely, exclusively in the field of work. However, they reported decreased social functioning and feelings of loneliness and sadness, and some reported manifestations of active and traumatic grief. Some findings may create a false impression that the mourners have gone through the loss process and returned to normal. However, the current study's findings refute this conclusion, which requires appropriate treatment from health professionals

Anger · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Feeling · Grief · Loneliness · Population · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sadness · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology