Expectation of Death, Participation in Funeral Arrangements, and Grief Adjustment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13630258
AutoresKenneth J Doka (0000-0002-4266-3748, College of New Rochelle, autor correspondente)
Ano1985
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas119-129
Data de publicação1985-10-01
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/hg24-ebr1-503h-c69v
OpenAlexW2039252023
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26
Referências citadas20

This research investigated the hypotheses that prior expectation of death and participation of the bereaved in planning and conducting funeral rituals will facilitate grief adjustment. Fifty primary survivors were interviewed twelve to eighteen months after the death. The hypothesis that participation in funeral rituals will facilitate grief adjustment was not confirmed. Prior expectation of death was significantly related to subsequent grief adjustment. This led to further speculation that participation in funeral rituals is important in facilitating grief adjustment in those cases in which death was not expected. Evidence regarding this hypothesis is discussed

Disenfranchised grief · Grief · Psychotherapist · Traumatic grief · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology