Current knowledge and research on chronic sorrow: A foundation for inquiry

Burke, Mary L.; Hainsworth, Margaret A.; Eakes, Georgene G.; Lindgren, Carolyn L.

doi:10.1080/07481189208252572

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“…The results of this study are consistent with research demonstrating enhanced parenting stress in parents of children with CP [4][5][6][7]. Further, this study suggests that the theoretical framework of chronic sorrow theory may be useful in understanding the experiences of parents of children with CP [8][9][10][11].…”

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confidence: 80%

“…The overwhelming majority of the sample, 98% of the parents, reported continued feelings of sadness in relation to their child's diagnosis. Further, chronic sorrow symptoms were not related to child age suggesting, consistent with chronic sorrow theory [8][9][10][11], that chronic sorrow symptoms persist as the child ages and do not remit with time.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…Chronic sorrow theory has been found to usefully explain the experiences of parents of children with other disabilities including epilepsy and neural tube deficits yet there is a paucity of current research [8][9][10][11]. According to chronic sorrow theory, grief-related emotions return when triggering events bring the disparity between ideal and actual into focus.…”

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Sorrow, coping and resiliency: parents of children with cerebral palsy share their experiences

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Disability and Rehabilitation

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Purpose: To explore the grieving, coping and resiliency experiences of parents of children with CP and to investigate the suitability of chronic sorrow theory as a framework to understand those experiences.Method: This study combined focus groups with a web-based cross-sectional survey to explore chronic sorrow in parents of children with CP. Eight parents of children with CP participated in focus groups. The discussion was transcribed verbatim and thematic analysis was performed. A further 94 parents participated in the web-based survey study in which they completed the Adapted Burke Questionnaire on chronic sorrow. A content analysis of responses was used to confirm the primary qualitative analysis.Results: The reports of parents in the focus group were consistent with chronic sorrow theory, as were the responses of parents to the web-based survey. Some parents found the diagnosis itself a distressing time whereas others found it a relief. Parents reported that times of medical and allied health intervention were particularly challenging.Conclusion: Chronic sorry theory is a useful way of understanding the experiences of parents of children with CP. It is recommended that health practitioners are mindful that, even years after diagnosis, parents of children with CP may experience intensified chronic sorrow symptoms following a triggering event and that this is normal.

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Sorrow, coping and resiliency: parents of children with cerebral palsy share their experiences

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“…Prolonged periods of uncertainty may even be more detrimental. Research in several areas, such as severe illness (e.g., HIV or cancer patients) research, has shown that prolonged periods of uncertainty are associated with chronic stress and sorrow (Brashers et al, ; Burke, Hainsworth, Eakes, & Lindgren, ).…”

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Explaining the Relation Between Job Insecurity and Employee Outcomes During Organizational Change: A Multiple Group Comparison

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We develop and test a mediation model linking job insecurity to affective commitment and psychosomatic complaints via two distinct theoretical mechanisms: fairness and energy depletion. Analyses were based on 6,268 Belgian bank employees facing organizational change. Results from structural equation modeling showed that fairness and exhaustion partially mediated the association of job insecurity with affective commitment and psychosomatic complaints, respectively. Multiple group analysis showed that the relation between job insecurity and fairness gradually decreased across the three change stages, and that the exhaustion process was most prominent amid the change. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Grief, as a human response, can be contrasted with ‘depression’: there is an identifiable ‘cause’ or ‘beginning’ of loss, wherein there is no clear causative event triggering depression (Burke et al . ). Burke et al .…”

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confidence: 97%