Perpetual loss and pervasive grief
Daughters Speak About the Death of Their Mother in Childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20160064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Tracey (University of Ulster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 17-24 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bereavement Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-2621 • E-ISSN: 1944-8279 |
| Publisher | Cruse Bereavement Care (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02682621.2011.617966 |
| OpenAlex | W1545858300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 22 |
The impact on daughters of the death of their mother in childhood has been little researched. This article reports a qualitative study of the experiences of women in Ireland who were bereaved of their mother in early life, and the lifelong impact of this loss. The death of their mothers had a profound impact throughout these women's childhoods and adult lives. The women described the silence surrounding the death, their hunger for information about their mother, their coping strategies, their yearning for a mother figure, particularly in adolescence and when they married and gave birth themselves, and the effects on their own parenting capacity. A strong theme was their wish to speak publicly about their experiences, in the hope that they could help other women bereaved of a mother in childhood, and inform and enlighten those in a position to make a difference to bereaved children's lives
Business · Grief · Psychotherapist · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
Basics of qualitative research
Healing Children's Grief
In a Different Voice
Childhood Attachment and Loss Experiences Affect Adult Cardiovascular and Cortisol Function
First Childhood Death Experiences
Fear of Personal Death in Adulthood
The Dual Process Model of Coping With Bereavement
Adults View Their Childhood Bereavement Experiences
Detachment revisited
Children's reactions in the early months after the death of a parent
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |