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A Comparison of Grief as Related to Miscarriage and Termination for Fetal Abnormality

Bibliographic Data

ID13629845
AuthorsKathleen Keefe-Cooperman (0000-0002-4116-9641, Long Island University, Orangeburg, New York, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume50
Issue4
Pages281-300
Publication date2005-05-04
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/qfdw-lgey-cylm-n4lw
OpenAlexW2108706840
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited13

This study proposed that maternal bereavement in women who experienced miscarriage and women who terminated for fetal abnormality would differ related to the existence of a grief reaction, and to identify the factors that differentiated the two groups. There were no significant grief differences between the miscarriage group and termination group. The groups were then combined to analyze within group factors. Six fixed variables were found to be related to vulnerability for a grief reaction. Factors included: time since the most recent loss; intervention of counseling; employment outside the home; feeling responsible for the perinatal loss; age of the mother as related to guilt; and gestational length of pregnancy

Abnormality · Disenfranchised grief · Feeling · Grief · Miscarriage · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Vulnerability (computing · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year0,92
Citation span2013 - 2026 (14)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12

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