Grief Therapy and the Reconstruction of Meaning: From Principles to Practice

Neimeyer, Robert A.; Burke, Laurie A.; Mackay, Michael M.; Stringer, Jessica G. van Dyke

doi:10.1007/s10879-009-9135-3

Cited by 245 publications

(209 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

179

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…These are situations where people are utterly thrown into a new life situation, torn away from what they thought was safe and secure in life-an experience which today is often digitized and highly entangled with digital media and online practices (Lagerkvist, 2016). Besides the death of a child, homicide, and clearly unpredicted deaths, suicide is often stated as a disastrous event, where relatives and friends often search for answers and explanations as to why the suicide occurred (Neimeyer & Sands, 2011). What further complicates the grief reaction after a suicide is that a suicidal person in some sense intentionally ''chose'' to die, which can produce existential doubts and strong feelings of anger and resentment among those still alive (Bell, Stanley, Mallon, & Manthorpe, 2012;Lester, 2012).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Usage of Digital Resources by Swedish Suicide Bereaved in Their Grief Work: A Survey Study

Westerlund

2018

Omega (Westport)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examined Swedish suicide bereaved individuals' use of different resources in their grief work and how they value these resources. The material consisted of a web-based survey, which was analyzed with quantitative methods. The results showed that the psychosocial ill-health was severe among the suicide bereaved participants and that a majority used digital resources in their grief work. The propensity to engage in online support groups or memorial websites was not predicted by the severity of psychosocial consequences following the suicide. However, multiple regressions showed that higher online support group activity predicted more satisfaction with current psychosocial health, while memorial websites seemed to have the opposite effect. This study not only indicates that some digital resources, for example, online support groups, may be an effective way of coping with grief related to suicide loss, but also suggests that memorial websites may increase rumination and in this way cause emotional distress.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Usage of Digital Resources by Swedish Suicide Bereaved in Their Grief Work: A Survey Study

Westerlund

2018

Omega (Westport)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Being able to defi ne and assume a new role in the open adoption relationship signals a movement towards grief resolution that is consistent with William Worden's (1991) theory that mourning can be considered complete when a person is able to experience pleasures, take on new roles, and look forward to new events. Additionally, Neimeyer (2009) notes that grief can become complicated by role confusion, but when a grieving person can experiment with a new social role and identity, "restoration oriented coping" is demonstrated (p. 75). The birth parents in this study showed growth and steps to grief resolution inasmuch as they could describe their role and were fi nding a way to be in a relationship with their child and the adoptive family.…”

Section: A New Role To Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Grief & Loss Resolution among Birth Mothers in Open Adoption

Krahn¹,

Sullivan²

2015

cswr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While research has explored birth parent grief and loss, it has not been thorough in exploring how the experience of having an open adoption affects birth parents’ grief and loss experience and resolution. Previous research has highlighted positive effects of open adoptions to date, but is quite limited in regards to the birth parents’ adjustment in current day, open adoptions. This descriptive, qualitative study explores birth parents’ experiences in current day, open adoptions and seeks to understand their experience of grief and loss and their movement towards grief resolution in the context of an open adoption. Findings of this study confirm that the experience of adoption placement involves grief and loss and that openness in adoption helps to mitigate this painful experience. Most notably, birth parents found meaning, comfort, and peace in knowing of their child’s well-being and by having ongoing involvement in the life of the child and adoptive family. This opens new avenues in thinking about adoption and the meanings participants make of it.Même si la recherche s’est penchée sur le deuil et la peine des parents biologiques, elle n’a pas approfondi l’effet d’une adoption ouverte sur leur douleur et leurs façons de composer avec celle-ci. Des recherches ont montré les effets positifs de l’adoption ouverte, mais elles ont peu abordé l’adaptation dont doivent faire preuve les parents biologiques ayant choisi l’adoption ouverte de nos jours. La présente étude descriptive et qualitative explore l’expérience vécue par les parents biologiques et cherche à comprendre leur deuil et leur peine ainsi que leurs façons de les surmonter. Les résultats montrent que la décision de confier un enfant à l’adoption s’accompagne d’un deuil et d’une peine, et qu’une ouverture permet d’atténuer la douleur d’une telle action. En particulier, les parents biologiques ont trouvé un réconfort à être au courant du bien-être de leur enfant et à garder contact avec celui-ci et sa famille adoptive. Cette étude ouvre de nouvelles perspectives au sujet de l’adoption et du sens que les participants lui donnent

show abstract

“…Currently available scales, such as the SAI [19], the Brief RCOPE [18], and the ATGS-9; [20], all of which were validated with non-bereaved adult samples experiencing a wide assortment of life stressors, may fail to measure spiritual crisis in the specific context of bereavement. Therefore, in an effort to help grievers reestablish a loving and close relationship with God "during times of frightening vulnerability" ( [8], p. 304) and derive meaning from the deceased's life and death [22], Burke and her colleagues' [14] goal was to shed additional light on mourners' spiritually inflected struggles by testing their grief-specific scale with two diverse samples of bereaved adults.…”

Section: The Need For a Bereavement-specific Measure Of Spiritual Dismentioning

confidence: 99%

The Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief: Assessing Spiritual Crisis Following Loss

Burke

Neimeyer

2016

Religions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:Following the death of a loved one, many grievers endorse spirituality as a source of both solace and strain. Studies show that some grievers struggle significantly with both their relationship with God and their faith community, a condition known as complicated spiritual grief (CSG). However, researchers have lacked a simple, multidimensional, well-validated, grief-specific measure of CSG. In this brief report, we reviewed the psychometric validation process and clinical utility of a measure called the Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief (ICSG), which was tested with 304 Christian grievers. The 18-item ICSG was shown to have strong internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, and convergent and incremental validity and supported a two-factor model, measuring one's insecurity with God and the disruption in one's religious practice.

show abstract

Grief Therapy and the Reconstruction of Meaning: From Principles to Practice

Cited by 245 publications

References 28 publications

The Usage of Digital Resources by Swedish Suicide Bereaved in Their Grief Work: A Survey Study

The Usage of Digital Resources by Swedish Suicide Bereaved in Their Grief Work: A Survey Study

Grief & Loss Resolution among Birth Mothers in Open Adoption

The Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief: Assessing Spiritual Crisis Following Loss

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About