2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-166x2011000400002
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Reconstructing meaning in bereavement: summary of a research program

Abstract: Bereavement, in the form of the loss of a significant attachment figure, disrupts the self-narratives of survivors and typically pitches them into an unsought quest for meaning in the loss, as well as in their changed lives. A growing body of research on diverse groups - bereaved parents, young people, elderly - suffering loss through both natural and violent death, documents the link between the inability to find meaning in the experience and the intensity of complicated grief they suffer. This article review… Show more

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“…Thirdly, the theories identified were validated by experts (PB, MK). They aimed for articles that showed the variation in bereavement theories and were a reflection of the most accepted theories from several different domains [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. By doing so an overview of the leading theoretical concepts available was developed, which were extracted from the theoretical articles, clustered into communal theoretical concepts, and labelled accordingly.…”
Section: Synthesis Of Grief Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Thirdly, the theories identified were validated by experts (PB, MK). They aimed for articles that showed the variation in bereavement theories and were a reflection of the most accepted theories from several different domains [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. By doing so an overview of the leading theoretical concepts available was developed, which were extracted from the theoretical articles, clustered into communal theoretical concepts, and labelled accordingly.…”
Section: Synthesis Of Grief Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the theoretical field of loss and grief is still evolving. Nevertheless, several theories have been put forward to provide a supporting structure to the theoretical understanding of the process of grief [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Understanding how different elements of interventions might relate to, or rely on, such theories, could improve our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of these interventions and provide an indication of their effectiveness.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Essas transformações trazem um conjunto de consequências, tais como: vivência do medo frente à possibilidade de morte, debilidade física do corpo, interrupções de projetos e alterações na visão a respeito de si (Câmara & Amato, 2014). Esses fatores abalam a realidade até então vivenciada, que trazia senso de segurança ao sujeito (Neimeyer, 2011).…”
Section: O Adoecimento E Suas Repercussõesunclassified
“…Therefore, understanding the culture and the environment in which the person is living is an important factor in understanding and working with the bereaved (Stroebe & Schut, 2001). Neimeyer (2011) argues that each person creates his or her own story of life, even if it is based on the social rhetoric of time and space. People turn a micro-narrative of everyday life into a macro-narrative by reinforcing it with their own understandings.…”
Section: Meaning Reconstruction Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), or behavioral (e.g., Did I play a part in his death?). People either find the answers to these questions or, if they do not, give up asking and begin to reshape their lives (Neimeyer, 2011). Neimeyer (2000) creates a new model based primarily on making meaning by including the factors that make up the story.…”
Section: Meaning Reconstruction Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%