Citation

Lohan JA, Murphy SA. Omega (Westport) 2005; 52(4): 295-305.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Sage Publications)

DOI

10.2190/FN94-P6RH-PMDL-UH0Q

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A child's sudden death is a highly traumatic event for parents and siblings. study examined mental distress and family functioning in a sample of 32 married couples that were part of a larger study of parents whose adolescent or young adult children had died suddenly by accident, suicide, or homicide. Parents were recruited into the study 4-7 months after the child's death. Cohesion, flexibility, and mental distress were the variables of interest, and individual scores were compared at three time points: baseline, 6 and 18 months later. The variables examined point to theoretical and practical problems clinicians might encounter when planning interventions with bereaved families to promote optimal coping, cohesion, and flexibility after a child's violent death. © 2006, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.

Language: en