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Everybody Needs to Talk About Their Child”

A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Bereaved Parents’ Experiences in Digital Storytelling

Bibliographic Data

ID13629457
AuthorsAbigail J Rolbiecki (0000-0002-7936-2762, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Karla T Washington (0000-0002-1100-9524, Washington University in St. Louis), Karla Washington (Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA), Kayla Posley (University of Missouri)
Year2023
Volume91
Issue4
Pages2037-2046
Publication date2023-04-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228231169150
PMID37017406
OpenAlexW4362602106
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

Digital Storytelling (DS) is a narrative intervention that supports participants' ability to find meaning in their life experiences - in this case, bereavement after child death. Thirteen ( N = 13) bereaved parents engaged in a DS workshop in which they created a story about the death of their child. Using a descriptive phenomenological approach, researchers explored participants' experience with child death via their completed digital stories. Results highlight connection as a pathway to meaning making for bereaved parents who participate in DS, specifically in regard to connection with other bereaved parents and connection with their deceased child via telling their story

Art · Connection (principal bundle · Developmental psychology · Digital Storytelling · Intervention (counseling · Literature · Meaning (existential · Meaning-making · Narrative · Pedagogy · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Storytelling · Digital Storytelling and Education · Engineering · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,67
Citation span2023 - 2025 (3)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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