Filling the void

Grieving and healing during a socially isolating global pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2932293
AutoresEmily Scheinfeld (0000-0001-6395-2672, Kennesaw State University, autor de correspondencia), Kendyl Barney (University of Montana), Kendyl A Barney (0000-0002-4253-7960, University of Montana), Katlyn Gangi (Ontraport, USA), Erin C Nelson (Concordia University, USA), Catherine C Sinardi (Concordia University, USA)
Año2021
Volumen38
Número10
Páginas2817-2837
Fecha de publicación2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/02654075211034914
OpenAlexW3186722305
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas23

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered life dramatically, including grieving practices. This study examines how people grieved death when they were unable to engage in traditional mourning rituals. Participants shared ways their experiences with grief were affected by the pandemic through themes of (1) physical isolation, including feeling together while apart, and, (2) challenges to grief management, like lack of nonverbal communication and feeling delegitimized. Participants also spoke of memorable messages deemed helpful or hurtful, including (1) emphasizing the death over the loss, (2) community, and (3) faith and advice. The findings yield implications regarding the nature of communal coping, flexibility to grieving practices, and disenfranchised grief during a global pandemic

Coping (psychology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Developmental psychology · Disenfranchised grief · Faith · Feeling · Forgiveness · Grief · Isolation (microbiology · Pandemic · Psychotherapist · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology