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THE EFFECT OF THE DEATH OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER ON A CHILD'S PERCEPTION OF GOD: A MIXED METHODS STUDY JoLynn Prochaska, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Timothy Paul Jones The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between children’s grief and their perceptions of God by utilizing children’s drawings. This research was conducted by partnering with Christian counselors and teachers who interviewed two groups of children to collect data. Counselors interviewed the experimental group of children who were between the ages of 6-12 and had experienced the death of an immediate family member. Teachers interviewed the control group of children who were between the ages of 6-12 and had not experienced the death of an immediate family member. Both groups were asked specific questions in efforts to ascertain if children in the midst of grief perceived God differently. A multilevel triangulation design was used in this study with the fi...
The Effect of Parental Death on Child
İNSAMER Analysis, 2019
It is an undeniable fact that the presence of a mother and father figure plays an important role in children’s development process. The contribution of both mother and father to children’s emotional and psychological development is irreplaceable. Sadly, this ideal paradigm of a family is not always available for the children.
Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1972
Recent studies have suggested that loss or death of a sibling during childhood affects the timing and appearance of overt depression in adulthood. Specifically, Hilgard [1: pp. 197-211] has shown that a depressive episode appears when one's own child reaches the age at which the sibling died. Such a clinical inference encourages further exploration of reactions-immediate, prolonged, and symptomatic-of children during the years following death of a sibling. Preoccupation in child psychiatry with psychosexual and epigenetic development has tended to underemphasize the effects of inflicted and imposed crises during critical developmental phases after the first year of life [2]. An example of this is the ongoing controversy concerning the age at which mourning and bereavement are possible [3: pp. 175-92]. Concerns tend to be theoretical relating to degree of ego development and stage of object relationship with few detailed case studies, fewer longitudinal studies, and virtually no surveys of larger groups [4; 5: pp. 269-93; 6: pp. 69-82]. Major emphasis has been placed on reaction to loss of a parent or parents with little direct observation of sibling death as a crisis for the survivors with prolonged effects manifested in altered family homeostasis and appearance of symptomatic behaviors [7~ pp. 196-209; 8; 9]. Careful studies of the "dying child" and encounters with nearly fatal illness have also failed to deal in any detail with sibling reactions [10, 11, 12]. Kliman has emphasized that sharply defined catastrophies provide tragic but nevertheless important natural laboratories for study and treatment of emotional disorder as it begins. In some cases a preventive opportunity is present that will never again be available [2, 10, 13]. It should be emphasized that parental or sibling loss may occur in over 5 percent of families in the United States by the
Dynamic and heterogeneous effects of sibling death on children's outcomes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018
This paper explores the effects of experiencing the death of a sibling on children's developmental outcomes. Recent work has shown that experiencing a sibling death is common and long-term effects are large. We extend understanding of these effects by estimating dynamic effects on surviving siblings' cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, as well as emotional and cognitive support by parents. Using the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (CNLSY79), we find large initial effects on cognitive and noncognitive outcomes that decline over time. We also provide evidence that the effects are larger if the surviving child is older and less prominent if the deceased child was either disabled or an infant, suggesting sensitive periods of exposure. Auxiliary results show that parental investments in the emotional support of surviving children decline following the death of their child.
Grief and Trauma in Children After the Death of a Sibling
Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 2009
Parent loss is understood as a fundamental loss to a child, but less is known about the consequences of a sibling's death. The present study explored self-reported grief and trauma among 26 sibling-bereaved children to help inform effective support interventions. Grief and trauma scores were highly correlated in our sample, and there were no definitive differences based upon type of loss. The main limitation was a small sample, but our results provide ecologically valid information rather than data from children recruited for research purposes. Implications for continued data collection and publication from naturalistic settings and meta-analytic recommendations are discussed.
Prohibitions against Mourning in Childhood Sibling Loss
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1985
There is a body of literature suggesting that mourning is a necessary response to the loss of a significant object. In adults, this process has been fairly well researched, resulting in a substantial body of knowledge concerning adult grief. In children, however, mourning has not been as adequately researched, with a resultant gap in our appreciation of the process as it may occur or fail to occur under varying conditions. This article presents findings from a research study on sibling loss in childhood. It presents evidence supporting the idea that the loss of a sibling in childhood may be an especially significant loss for a child, in that both internal, family, and societal influences prohibit, for many, the opportunity to mourn the loss.
Two Weeks Post-Death Report by Parents of Siblings' Grieving Experience
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 1994
Nurses who work with children and families need to be aware of the impact that the death of sibling has on children. Although many children have experienced losses, the loss ofa sibling of course has a tremendous affect. Nurses must educate parents and children about death and the affect on the entire family. Siblings should be involved in the communication about the impending death and in the funeral arrangements. Open communication between the dying child, the siblings and the parents is very important. Young children will have diferent needs than older children because of their dificulty in understanding the finality of death. It is natural for parents to try to protect their children from unpleasant experiences such as death and dying. Research supports the dying process including the funeral. Children and their families need support through out the dying experience including follow up after the actual death. They need to be assured that their feelings and actions are common to others that have suffered a significant loss.
A Death in the Family: Links between Religion, Parenting, and Family Communication about Death
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The present study assessed the frequency and nature of parent–child communication about death and identified predictors of such communication. The sample comprised 24 families who had recently lost a family member. Parents completed survey measures of global parenting dimensions (warmth/acceptance, psychological control, behavioral control), parental coping (religious and secular coping), parental religiosity, and parent–child communication about death. Almost 80% of parent–child dyads discussed death at least once a week, and children initiated approximately half of these conversations. Parental warmth/acceptance was positively associated with the frequency of parent–child communication about death, whereas psychological control, negative religious coping, private religious practices, and religious focus were negatively associated with the frequency of parent–child communication about death. Results from hierarchical linear regression analyses suggest that even when controlling for...