Parental Grief in Three Societies

Networks and Religion as Social Supports in Mourning

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13629909
AutoresJeffrey K Ha (0000-0003-0212-9935, University of Richmond, autor correspondente), Jeffrey K Hass (University of Richmond), Tony Walter (0000-0001-9571-5225, University of Bath)
Ano2007
Volume54
Fascículo3
Páginas179-198
Data de publicação2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/023p-2j03-8511-561r
PMID17847953
OpenAlexW2133027634
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas26

How do people respond to the grief of parents over the death of their infant child? This article documents the experience of one of the authors, an American married to a Russian whose child died in England. Responses to this death by friends, colleagues and family in the USA, England, and two cities in Russia varied considerably in terms of depth and degree of engagement (emotional engagement, respect, or distance and avoidance). What factors underlie these varied responses? Two are identified, one structural, the other cultural: the strength of the social ties within social networks, and religiosity as historically sedimented within a culture. The degree of engagement is correlated with network form; but the content of engagement depends on religiosity

Developmental psychology · Grief · Psychotherapist · Religiosity · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology