Morbid grief reaction: A social systems perspective.

Goalder, James S.

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“…Would this wane over a period of time? A review of the literature on grief shows that there are three phases of grief (Goalder, 1985). The first phase is comprised of disbelief in the death of the loved one.…”

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Nostalgia and giving to charity: a conceptual framework for discussion and research

Merchant

Ford

2007

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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Academic work involving nostalgia has shown it to evoke a basket of emotions. This paper proposes a conceptual model that links nostalgia to charitable giving. We argue that the nostalgia evoked by certain NPOs (not-for-profit organizations) is likely to have a bearing on both emotional and familial utility derived by the donor. This in turn is likely to drive the donor commitment to the NPO. Thus by evoking nostalgia, certain NPOs are likely to emotionally engage their current and potential donors, which could facilitate the creation of long-term intimate relationships between them and their donors. However, the extent to which the NPO can evoke nostalgia is likely to depend upon the nostalgia proneness of the donor, the emotional importance of the past experiences evoked by the NPO, and the characteristics of the NPO such as the extent to which the NPO can alleviate the feelings of alienation, discontinuity, and the need for authenticity experienced by the donor. The paper provides a series of research propositions and proposes a research agenda.

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Nostalgia and giving to charity: a conceptual framework for discussion and research

Merchant

Ford

2007

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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“…A review of the literature on grief shows that there are three phases that are experienced when a loved one dies (Goalder, 1985). The first involves disbelief in the death of the loved one.…”

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How personal nostalgia influences giving to charity

Merchant¹,

Ford²,

Rose³

2011

Journal of Business Research

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a b s t r a c tPersonal nostalgia provides an emotionally engaging means for bonding a donor to a nonprofit organization. Yet, little is known about the relationship between personal nostalgia and charitable giving; this research seeks to fill this gap. A review of the extant literature is integrated with the findings from thirteen focus groups (Study 1) to develop a conceptual model. This model is tested in Studies 2 (using 457 older public television donors) and 3 (with a broader sample of 502 donors) using structural equations modeling. The findings indicate that discontinuity, recovery from grief, and loneliness, along with previous life experiences influence the level of personal nostalgia felt by a donor and associated with a charitable organization. This personal nostalgia provides emotional and familial utility to the donor. The research establishes that the effect of personal nostalgia on the donor's commitment is mediated by the emotional and familial utility that the nostalgia generates.

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“…and Sanders (1984) theorizes about the responses of therapists who have lost clients to suicide. The goal of Volkan's (1984-85) paper was to familiarize professionals with a psychodynamic view of the complications of bereavement, and Goalder (1985) proposed a social systems framework for classifying atypical ("morbid") grief reactions. To emphasize once more, all of these articles are theoretical; they are based on the ideas of the individual authors or on theories which have not amassed much supporting evidence.…”

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Development of an inventory to assess grief reactions: the Comprehensive Inventory of Responses to Common Life Events (CIRCLE)

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Distancing, Withdrawal); the Cognitions Checklist included two scales (Self-Confidence, Self-Disparagement); and the Physical Symptoms Checklist included five scales (Physiological Correlates of Depression, Physiological Correlates of Anxiety, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Respiratory Symptoms, Miscellaneous Symptoms). A second-order factor analysis revealed the presence of two main factors: Negative Symptoms and Positive Symptoms. A majority of the symptom checklist scales were reasonably reliable, and over half the Negative Symptom scales appeared to be valid measures of grief. However, additional research is needed to clarify more precisely the relationship between the four types of symptoms measured by the CIRCLE (affect, behaviors, cognitions, physiological symptoms) and the construct of grief. In addition, further research is needed to understand the relationship between the personality variables used in the CIRCLE and the construct of grief. In conclusion, the results reported here are to be considered preliminary; a great deal of work remains to be completed before the CIRCLE is ready for research and clinical use. 9 and children. Bowlby's (1973) theory proposes the process of grief consists of four phases; none of the phases are distinct, and a person may move back and forth between two phases at any point in time. The four phases Bowlby (1973) describes are: numbing, yearning and searching, disorganization and despair, and reorganization. According to Bowlby (1973), a person's first response to a loss is shock, disbelief, or numbness. The time frame for this first phase of grief ranges from a few hours to a week, and it may be interrupted by feelings of intense emotion (e.g., severe distress, anger, panic). Following this period of numbness, the reality of the loss begins to be acknowledged and the second phase of grief begins. During the second phase of grief, as the reality of the loss becomes clearer, people will experience intense emotions (e.g., pining, distress, sobbing, desolation). They will also experience physical symptoms of restlessness, insomnia, preoccupation with images of the deceased, and a sense of presence of the deceased. However, during this phase, an element of disbelief may still be present. When the person is not yearning for the deceased, she/he may engage in searching behaviors (e.g., scanning the environment for the deceased, thinking intensely about the lost person, calling for the lost person [Bowlby, 1973]); these searching behaviors are comparable to the separation anxiety experienced by infants apart from their mothers. According to Bowlby (1973), anger is also a common response to a loss during this second phase of grief. In addition to the anger felt toward those "responsible" for the death and anger toward the deceased, anger results when the person searches for and is unable to find the deceased. Bowlby (1973) summarizes the second phase as follows: [RJestless searching, intermittent hope, repeated disappointment, weeping, anger, accusation, and ingratitude are all featu...

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Morbid grief reaction: A social systems perspective.

Cited by 3 publications

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Nostalgia and giving to charity: a conceptual framework for discussion and research

Nostalgia and giving to charity: a conceptual framework for discussion and research

How personal nostalgia influences giving to charity

Development of an inventory to assess grief reactions: the Comprehensive Inventory of Responses to Common Life Events (CIRCLE)

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