Citation

Ziller RC, Stewart-dowdell BJ. Death Stud. 1991; 15(6): 577-586.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481189108252546

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In a case study, the self-esteem of a first-grade child was monitored over an eight-month period, before and after she witnessed the death of her mother, who was shot by her father's female friend. Through a series of telephone interviews with the child's aunt, in whose care she was entrusted, it was suggested that the rapid rebound in the child's self-evaluation was attributable to personal and social controls deriving from her initially high self-esteem and the readily available social support system of the aunt and the extended family, which provided an immediate induction of hope. The study serves as a model for monitoring the personal impact of other critical life events.

Language: en