Citation

Chen L, Fu F, Sha W, Chan CLW, Chow AYM. Omega (Westport) 2017; ePub(ePub): 30222817739466.

Affiliation

Hong Kong University , Hong Kong, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Sage Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0030222817739466

PMID

29117766

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the grief experiences of mothers after they lost their children in the 2008 China earthquake. Informed by the Dual Process Model, this study conducted in-depth interviews to explore how six bereaved mothers coped with such grief over a 2-year period. Right after the earthquake, these mothers suffered from intensive grief. They primarily coped with loss-oriented stressors. As time passed, these mothers began to focus on restoration-oriented stressors to face changes in life. This coping trajectory was a dynamic and integral process, which bereaved mothers oscillated between loss- and restoration-oriented stressors. This study offers insight in extending the existing empirical evidence of the Dual Process Model.

Language: en

Keywords

China; Dual Process Model; bereavement; earthquake; mother