Proximal and Distal Antecedents of Funeral Attitudes: A Multidimensional Analysis

Hayslip, Bert; Booher, Suzanne K.; Riddle, Russell; Guarnaccia, Charles A.

doi:10.2190/4xby-3v4x-1qg9-yn5x

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“…According to midwest funeral directors, today's funeral business is also experiencing a similar crisis of public discontent (personal communications, January, 2007). Though considerable work has been done in areas of death, dying, and grief, little research has been conducted on the American funeral process in the last 20 years (Hayslip, Booher, Riddle, & Guarnaccia, 2006). We continue to know little of what the bereaved in America value in terms of death and bereavement ritual.…”

Section: The Need For a Reintegration Ritual For Bereavement: A Ritual Of Remembrance And New Meaningmentioning

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Bereavement: An Incomplete Rite of Passage

Hunter

2008

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A bereavement ritual observed during anthropological fieldwork in Peru gives basis to this article which asserts that bereavement has become an incomplete rite of passage. The article reviews the role of ritual and rites of passage, examines other anthropologic examples of death and bereavement rituals, and identifies the lack of post-funeral ritual for many bereaved individuals in the United States. While funerary rituals which end with the funeral and burial of the dead are helpful in providing immediate structure for the bereaved, they are not congruent with the long-term emotional needs and reconstruction of meaning within grief. The author acknowledges value of both private ritual and reunions of the community of mourners, and recommends that bereavement counselors and/or the funeral industry offer to help bereaved construct a "ritual of remembrance and new meaning" after time has allowed them to move along in meaning reconstruction processes of making sense, finding benefits, and identity change.

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Section: The Need For a Reintegration Ritual For Bereavement: A Ritual Of Remembrance And New Meaningmentioning

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Bereavement: An Incomplete Rite of Passage

Hunter

2008

Omega (Westport)

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Assessing Adults' Difficulty in Coping with Funerals

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The death of a loved one requires many adults to make decisions about a variety of details regarding funeral arrangements. Based upon data collected from 348 adults (M age = 34.21) who had attended the funeral of a loved one within the last year, a scale consisting of 50 items regarding the difficulties each had experienced with regard to events prior to, during, and after the funeral, was developed. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient for this measure of difficulty was .96. Principal components analysis of these data indicated that difficulty in coping with funerals could be understood in light of six factors explaining 56% of the common variance among relationships between items: 1) protocol/mechanics of the funeral; 2) general personal and interpersonal difficulties related to the death/funeral; 3) trust in the funeral industry; 4) concerns regarding the cemetery; 5) issues pertaining to grief; and 6) post-funeral personal responsibilities. With regard to both overall difficulty and the above six factors, older adults experienced fewer difficulties, as did those who more actively participated in funeral rituals. In contrast, those who reported more personal and bereavement-related distress experienced more difficulties. Findings of the current study have value both in identifying persons for whom funerals may undermine bereavement adjustment and in identifying appropriate intervention and aftercare services for such individuals.

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Proximal and Distal Antecedents of Funeral Attitudes: A Multidimensional Analysis

Cited by 2 publications

References 41 publications

Bereavement: An Incomplete Rite of Passage

Bereavement: An Incomplete Rite of Passage

Assessing Adults' Difficulty in Coping with Funerals

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