Journal articles: 'Children in grief'

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Torbic, Holly. "Children and Grief." Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional 29, no. 2 (February 2011): 67–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nhh.0b013e31820861dd.

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&NA;. "Children and Grief." Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional 29, no. 2 (February 2011): 77–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nhh.0b013e31820cb077.

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Penny, Alison. "Grief matters for children." British Journal of School Nursing 2, no. 6 (November 2007): 263–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjsn.2007.2.6.27606.

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Riely, Marsha. "Facilitating Children’s Grief." Journal of School Nursing 19, no. 4 (August 2003): 212–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10598405030190040601.

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A program of education and support is essential for children and their parent or adult caregivers when the children have experienced the death of a significant person. Children need guidance on how to deal with their profound feelings of grief. The purpose of this article is to give school nurses the ability to help children face the strange new world that follows the death experience. The review of literature defines commonly used terms, describes the mourning process experienced by children, and offers school nurses basic information about grief. The article presents the critical elements necessary for planning and implementing a 6-week grief education and support program that offers children and their parent or adult caregivers permission to grieve and the tools with which to process grief.

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Anina, Heni Nur. "GRIEF OF CHILDREN AT PRESCHOOL AGE." JURNAL PENDIDIKAN KEPERAWATAN INDONESIA 2, no. 2 (January 9, 2017): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/jpki.v2i2.4748.

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ABSTRAK Berkabung adalah respon seseorang terhadap kehilangan. Pada anak-anak, efek dari kehilangan sama dengan pada dewasa, tapi anak-anak mengekspresiakan rasa duka mereka dengan yang cara berbeda dan hal ini sulit difahami oleh orang dewasa. Pemahaman anak-anak pada kematian tergantung pada usia dan tahap perkembangan mereka. Artikel ini membahas tentang berkabung (grief) pada anak usia prasekolah (2-5 tahun) mencakup perbedaan antara ‘normal grief’ dan ‘complicated grief’, gejala dari ‘complicated grief’, dan penatalaksanaan berkabung pada anak usia di kelompok usia ini. Pembahasan mengenai hal ini penting untuk meminimalisir efek dari berkabung. Efek berkabung pada anak di usia ini dapat berlanjut pada tahap perkembangan selanjutnya. Anak-anak yang berkabung dapat mengalami gejala emosi dan perilaku tertentu. Gejala-gejala tersebut dapat bertahan sampai remaja dan dewasa. Metode pencarian literatur secara komprehensif telah dilakukan dengan menggunakan piranti pencarian berbasis elektronik, yaitu: MEDLINE (EBSCO), CINAHL, Joanna Briggs Institute (Ovid), Proquest (Nursing and Allied Health Source), Pubmed, find@flinders, and Google Scholar. Perbedaan antara ‘normal grief’ and ‘complicated grief’ berkaitan dengan intensitas dan durasi berkabung. Penatalaksanaan berkabung pada anak usia prasekolah dapat menggunakan tehnik storytelling, creative arts, musik, dance/movement therapy, bermain, berinteraksi dengan anak menggunakan mainan dan games, melukis, melihat foto-foto, and memorabilia. Konsep ‘kekekalan’ dari kematian sangat sulit difahami oleh anak usia prasekolah. Mereka mungkin berpikir bahwa mendiang akan kembali. Selain itu, walaupun sesama anak usia prasekolah, namun setiap anak adalah unik. Maka, keefektifan dari penatalaksaan tergantung pada pilihan intervensi yang sesuai dengan anak tersebut. Memberikan kenyamanan secara fisik, memberikan dukungan emosional, komunikasi dan meyakinkan bahwa mereka disayangi dan tidak sendiri adalah poin-poin penting dalam penatalaksanaan berkabung pada anak usia prasekolah. Kata kunci : Anak-anak, Berkabung, Usia prasekolah ABSTRACT Grief is someone’s response to loss. In children, the effect of loss is identical with adults, but they express the grief differently and this is hard to be understood by adults. Children’s understanding of death depends on their age and stage of development. This paper will discuss about grief of children at preschool age (2-5 years old) including the differences between ‘normal grief’ and ‘complicated grief’, the symptoms ‘complicated grief’, and the management. It is important to discuss grief of children at this age because the effect may progress to the next stage of development. Grieving children could suffer from certain emotional and behavioral symptoms that could persist into adolescent and adulthood. Method: a comprehensive literature search was conducted using electronic searching tools and databases: MEDLINE (EBSCO), CINAHL, Joanna Briggs Institute (Ovid), Proquest (Nursing and Allied Health Source), Pubmed, find@flinders, and Google Scholar. Discussion: The distinction between normal and complicated grief was related to the intensity and duration of the grief, and to the reactions having a negative functional impact on the child. Managing grief of preschool age children could be by storytelling, arts, music, dance/movement therapy, play, interact with the child by using toys and games, painting, old photos, and memorabilia. Conclusion: The permanency of death is a very difficult concept to grasp for children at preschool age. They may still think that the deceased will return. The effectiveness of the treatment is depending on the choice of interventions which appropriate for the child as each child is unique. Providing physical comfort, emotional support, communication and reassurance that they are cherished and not alone are the critical points in assessing grieving children at preschool age. Keywords: Children, Grief, Preschool age

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Dyregrov, Atle, and Kari Dyregrov. "Complicated Grief in Children—The Perspectives of Experienced Professionals." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 67, no. 3 (November 2013): 291–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.67.3.c.

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A total of 39 very experienced clinicians and researchers worldwide responded to a survey consisting of both structured and open-ended questions on complicated grief in children. The questions assessed their opinion on: a) what constitutes complicated grief in children; b) whether to develop a diagnosis for children as suggested for adults and, if so, would adult criteria be sufficient for children; and c) other aspects of normal and complicated grief in children. The analyses showed that the professionals struggled with defining complicated grief in children, although they agreed that the major defining aspects were intensity, duration, and longevity of reactions. They identified traumatic and delayed or inhibited grief as major types, and also agreed that adult criteria were inappropriate for children.

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Vickers, Margaret H. "Bounded Grief at Work: Working and Caring for Children with Chronic Illness." Illness, Crisis & Loss 13, no. 3 (July 2005): 201–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/105413730501300302.

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This article highlights the problem of bounded grief in our workplaces. The article commences by making the case that grief does exist at work—both grief from our personal lives brought to work, and grief emanating from workplace experiences. Then, I present a qualitative analysis that demonstrates grief that can exist in and around our workplaces; the grief of women who are in paid full time work while caring for a child with chronic illness. The findings reinforce that “there's always grief in the room.” For these women, their grief is ongoing, recurring and multiple-sourced. Often we don't recognise grief experienced at work or how to best to respond to it in a workplace setting. Some suggestions are made as to how individuals might best respond to the grief experienced in the work setting.

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Vaerholm, R., and T. G. Sellevold. "1108 Children, grief and school." European Journal of Cancer Supplements 1, no. 5 (September 2003): S334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1359-6349(03)91134-7.

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DelMedico, Valerie, Elizabeth B. Weller, and Ronald A. Weller. "Grief in children and adolescents." Current Opinion in Psychiatry 5, no. 4 (August 1992): 500–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001504-199208000-00007.

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Saunders, Jayne. "Anticipatory grief work with children." British Journal of Community Health Nursing 1, no. 2 (June 1996): 103–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjch.1996.1.2.7559.

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Koblenz, Jessica. "Growing From Grief." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 73, no. 3 (March 10, 2015): 203–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030222815576123.

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Currently, there are 2.5 million children in the United States who suffered the loss of a parent. Grieving children are more likely to experience symptoms of depression and anxiety compared with their nongrieving peers. Adults ( N = 19) who experienced a loss during childhood were interviewed to assess what was most helpful and most harmful in coping through the years following the death. The qualitative descriptions were coded and analysis of common themes determined. Five theoretical constructs were found: adjustment to catastrophe, support, therapy, continuing a connection with the deceased parent, and reinvestment. The findings have clinical applications for bereaved children, their families, and clinical programs targeting this population. The unique insights provide an emotionally salient expression of their experiences and provide a framework for how best to support this group.

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Godress, Julia, Salih Ozgul, Cathy Owen, and Leanne Foley-Evans. "Grief Experiences of Parents Whose Children Suffer from Mental Illness." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39, no. 1-2 (January 2005): 88–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01518.x.

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Objective: To examine the grief experience of parents of adult children with a mental illness and its relationship to parental health and well-being and parent child attachment and affective relationship. Methods: Participants were recruited from a variety of organizations throughout Australia that provide support services for sufferers of mental illness and/or for their families. Seventyone participants (62 mothers and nine fathers) all of whom had a child diagnosed with mental illness volunteered to take part in the study. All completed measures of grief, health status and parent-child relationship. Results: Parents reported experiencing grief in relation to their child's illness as evidenced by intrusive thoughts and feelings and avoidance of behaviour as well as difficulties adapting to and distress associated with reminders of the illness. Parental grief appears to reduce over time, but only in some aspects of grief and after an extended period. Increased parental grief was related to lowered psychological well-being and health status and associated with an anxious/ambivalent and a negative affective parent-child relationship. Conclusion: The study provides important insights into the grief experiences of parents following their child's diagnosis with mental illness. The significant relationship between parental grief and parental psychological well-being and health status as well as to parentchild relationship has important implications for health professionals. Foremost amongst these are the need to validate the distress and grief of parents and to better understand how to provide interventions that promote grief work and family bonds while reducing emotional distress and life disruption.

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Goldman, Linda. "Counseling With Children in Contemporary Society." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 26, no. 2 (April 1, 2004): 168–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.26.2.ndpuqdeudfbb6e0l.

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This article examines elements related to children's developmental understandings of death, ways to talk to children about death, a broad understanding of the nature of children's grief and bereavement, recognition of the common characteristics of grieving children, and useful interventions.The research related to the child grief process and the intrinsic value of therapeutic and educational supports in working with grieving children are discussed through case studies, the professional literature, and practical interventions that support the process of grief therapy for mental health counselors and the bereaved child.

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Sormanti, Mary, and Michelle S. Ballan. "Strengthening grief support for children with developmental disabilities." School Psychology International 32, no. 2 (April 2011): 179–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034311400831.

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Although a sizable literature investigates and describes children’s grief, the majority of information focuses on typically developing children. Far less has been published about the loss and grief of children with developmental disabilities (DD), even though this population experiences significant and multiple losses, increasing their vulnerability to negative outcomes. Addressing this gap in scholarship, this article explicates common losses and important grief-related challenges experienced by children with DD. An overview of practice guidelines is provided to enhance the efforts of school-based mental health professionals in supporting this vulnerable population.

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de López, Kristine Jensen, Hanne Søndergaard Knudsen, and Tia G. B. Hansen. "What Is Measured in Bereavement Treatment for Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Literature Review." Illness, Crisis & Loss 28, no. 4 (December 22, 2017): 363–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054137317741713.

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Objective Childhood bereavement from parental death can be a significant stressor. Treatment studies vary largely on how the effect of the grief treatment is measured. This sytematic review evaluates whether controlled bereavement intervention studies focus on symptomatalogy or grief as outcome measure and also summarizes the effect of grief treatment. Method For inclusion in the review, studies must report on children or adolesecents who experienced the death of a parent or sibling, must have a control group and must report results of a grief treatment. Results Eight studies met the inclusion criteria and reported in total on 30 different outcome measures. Only two studies measured grief as a separate outcome and both showed promising results for the treatment of grief with bereaved children. Conclusions Systematic use of validated measures of prolonged grief in treatment studies is needed. Implications of the findings and recommendations for future studies are discussed in the perspective of complicated grief becoming part of the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Grief interventions for parentally bereaved youth is promising but lack consistent use of reliable grief measures for solid documentation of the effect. The specific role of parenting and culture for the outcome of the intervention should be investigated in more detail.

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Smith, Izetta. "Preschool children “play” out their grief." Death Studies 15, no. 2 (March 1991): 169–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481189108252421.

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Cronin Favazza, Paddy, and Leslie J. Munson. "Loss and Grief in Young Children." Young Exceptional Children 13, no. 2 (January 12, 2010): 86–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1096250609356883.

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Jarolmen, Joann. "A Comparison of the Grief Reaction of Children and Adults: Focusing on Pet Loss and Bereavement." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 37, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 133–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/h937-u230-x7d9-cvkh.

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Based on the fact that the human-animal bond has existed through recorded history and researchers are now beginning to explore humans' reactions to its loss, this study attempts to answer the following questions: Does human attachment to a pet vary with age/stage of development? Does grief vary by age/stage of development? Does the length and intensity of grief change if the loss was anticipated or sudden? The purpose of this study is to understand attachment and bereavement/loss in children and adolescents as compared to adults. The “Pet Attachment Survey,” the “Grief Experience Inventory,” and “Questions for Each Person in the Study” were the instruments used in this study. The participants included 106 children, 57 adolescents, and 270 adults who had lost their pets within a twelve-month interval. The findings suggest that children and adolescents have similar attachments to their pets. Children grieved more than adults in this study. Anticipated grief partially helped participants to allay the grief response.

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Almeida, Carolm. "Grief Among Parents of Children With Diabetes." Diabetes Educator 21, no. 6 (December 1995): 530–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014572179502100606.

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The observation that parents respond with grief when their children are diagnosed with diabetes is supported in the medical literature. Dysfunctional family dynamics that disrupt the process of adapting to a diagnosis of diabetes can be attributed to unresolved grief Group work is advocated as an effective means of promoting healthy familial interactions and adjusting to life with diabetes.

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Morgos, Dorothy, J. William Worden, and Leila Gupta. "Psychosocial Effects of War Experiences among Displaced Children in Southern Darfur." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 56, no. 3 (May 2008): 229–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.56.3.b.

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This study focused on assessing the psychosocial effects of the long standing, high intensity, and guerrilla-style of warfare among displaced children in Southern Darfur. The goal was to better understand the etiology, prognosis, and treatment implications for traumatic reactions, depression, and grief symptoms in this population. Three hundred thirty-one children aged 6–17 from three IDP Camps were selected using a quota sampling approach and were administered a Demographic Questionnaire, Child Post Traumatic Stress Reaction Index, Child Depression Inventory, and the Expanded Grief Inventory. Forty-three percent were girls and 57% were boys. The mean age of the children was 12 years. Results found that children were exposed to a very large number of war experiences with no significant differences between genders for types of exposure, including rape, but with older children (13–17 years) facing a larger number of exposures than younger children (6–12 years). Out of the 16 possible war experiences, the mean number was 8.94 ( SD = 3.27). Seventy-five percent of the children met the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD, and 38% exhibited clinical symptoms of depression. The percentage of children endorsing significant levels of grief symptoms was 20%. Increased exposure to war experiences led to higher levels of: 1) traumatic reactions; 2) depression; and 3) grief symptoms. Of the 16 war experiences, abduction, hiding to protect oneself, being raped, and being forced to kill or hurt family members were most predictive of traumatic reactions. Being raped, seeing others raped, the death of a parent/s, being forced to fight, and having to hide to protect oneself were the strongest predictors of depressive symptoms. War experiences such as abduction, death of one's parent/s, being forced to fight, and having to hide to protect oneself were the most associated with the child's experience of grief. In addition to Total Grief, Traumatic Grief, Existential Grief, and Continuing Bonds were measured in these children. Although trauma, depression, and grief often exist as co-morbid disorders, the mechanisms and pathways of these is less understood. In this study we used Structural Equation Modeling to better understand the complex interaction and trajectories of these three symptoms evolving from war exposure and loss. This study is the first of its kind to assess the psychosocial effects of war experiences among children currently living in war zone areas within Sudan. It identifies some of the most prevalent war-related atrocities and their varying impact on the children's psychological well-being and overall adjustment. Implications for planning mental health interventions are discussed.

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Penny, Alison. "#SayTheWords: Supporting grieving children." British Journal of Child Health 1, no. 5 (October 2, 2020): 248. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/chhe.2020.1.5.248.

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Unterhitzenberger, Johanna, and Rita Rosner. "Preliminary Evaluation of a Prolonged Grief Questionnaire for Adolescents." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 74, no. 1 (August 3, 2016): 80–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030222815598046.

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Currently, there is no established measure to assess prolonged grief in adolescents. A new measure was designed based on the Extended Grief Inventory, the Inventory of Complicated Grief—Revised for Children, and the Inventory of Prolonged Grief for Children/Adolescents. We investigated the psychometric properties of the Prolonged Grief Questionnaire for Adolescents in a sample of 69 14- to 18-year-old parentally bereaved adolescents living in rural Rwanda. Additionally, we obtained sociodemographic information and assessed loss experiences and depressive symptoms. A principal component analysis revealed item loadings on two factors, which we named separation distress and secondary emotions. Internal consistency in this first evaluation was high (α = .94), and the criterion validity was satisfying. A sensitivity of 85.3% and a specificity of 85.9% were found. The small sample size is a major limitation. However, the Prolonged Grief Questionnaire for Adolescents may be a promising tool for assessing prolonged grief symptoms in adolescents.

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Pennington, Sarah. "Sterilized by Grief." Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 5, no. 1 (2016): 37–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2016.5.1.37.

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In this poetry-infused autoethnography, I reflect on how the experience of my baby brother's death influenced my choice not to have children of my own. In reviewing the extant literature about women who choose to remain childless, I found my experience is not reflected, as much of what is written about the increasing number of women who are childless by choice focuses on reasons such as finances, freedom, and career. With this in mind, I offer my story and present an alternative narrative of grief impacting the choice to remain childless.

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Werner-Lin, Allison, and Nancee M. Biank. "Holding Parents So They Can Hold Their Children: Grief Work with Surviving Spouses to Support Parentally Bereaved Children." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 66, no. 1 (February 2013): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.66.1.a.

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A child's adjustment to the death of a parent is greatly influenced by the surviving parent's ability to attend to his or her own grief-related needs, to create and sustain a consistent and nurturing environment, and to encourage the child to express distressing or conflicting thoughts, feelings, and fantasies about the loss. Yet, the surviving parent's grief often compromises their ability to parent consistently and empathically. This article will illustrate how, by providing a holding environment for whole families, clinicians can help parents to facilitate children's grief reactions and, thus, mitigate long-term adverse mental health outcomes. Family Matters programs, designed and implemented in a community agency, use a holistic approach to family support and treatment in a milieu setting. Combining therapeutic work with surviving spouses and bereaved children supports children's grief while facilitating newly single parents as they adapt the structure of family life. When clinical work with families begins before the ill parent dies, the clinicians may build a relationship with the dying parent, prepare the child and surviving spouse for life after loss, and support continuity in family culture. We introduce a curriculum for simultaneously supporting bereaved children and parents, present a series of common challenges faced by surviving parents, and suggest avenues for intervention research.

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Ngesa, Maureen O., Sylvia Tuikong, and Kennedy Ongaro. "Treating Complicated Grief among Orphaned Children in Kenya: Effectiveness of Complicated Grief Therapy." Open Journal of Social Sciences 08, no. 04 (2020): 461–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.84034.

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Swank, Jacqueline M. "Obstacles of Grief: The Experiences of Children Processing Grief on the Ropes Course." Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 8, no. 3 (July 2013): 235–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2013.821922.

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Stylianou, Polyxeni, and Michalinos Zembylas. "Dealing With the Concepts of “Grief” and “Grieving” in the Classroom: Children’s Perceptions, Emotions, and Behavior." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 77, no. 3 (January 11, 2016): 240–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030222815626717.

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This article presents an action research study that explores how a fifth-grade classroom of 10- to 11-year-old children in Cyprus perceive the concepts of grief and grieving, after an educational intervention provided space for discussing such issues. It also explores the impact that the intervention program had on children’s emotions while exploring these concepts and illustrates how it affected their behavior. The findings suggest that the intervention had a constructive impact on children’s understandings of grief and grieving along two important dimensions. First, the intervention helped children better define emotional responses to loss (grief). Second, children seemed to overcome their anxiety while talking about grief and grieving and were able to share relevant personal experiences. The study has important implications for curriculum development, pedagogical practice, and teacher training on death education.

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Beck, Elizabeth, and Sandra J. Jones. "Children of the Condemned: Grieving the Loss of a Father to Death Row." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 56, no. 2 (March 2008): 191–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.56.2.d.

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This article explores the effects of a death sentence and execution on the children of the accused. Insight into the unique bereavement of this population is provided, while contributing to the literature on death and dying. The experience of losing a father to death row and eventual execution is compared to the wider population of children with incarcerated parents and it is determined that children of death row inmates contend with a much more complicated grief process, one that has gone largely unstudied. This article contains a brief discussion of disenfranchised grief and nonfinite loss, two theories that, we argue, shape the children's grief process. The results section of the article uses qualitative data gathered from 19 children to explore the role that nonfinite loss and disenfranchised grief share in the nature of their bereavement. Our discussion focuses on the impact of stigma and violence on the grieving process. Following a discussion of the unique challenges confronting the children of death row inmates is a discussion of the implications that their experience has for practice.

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Ubeysekara, A. "Grief counselling for bereaved families with children." Psychiatric Bulletin 18, no. 6 (June 1994): 340–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.18.6.340.

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The effects of losing a loved one through death on the physical and mental health of both adults and children are well documented in the literature. Children are likely to be referred to mental health professionals for various behaviour and emotional problems which may have a causative link with a bereavement within the family. In this paper I discuss the need for preventive work and, propose a role for child psychiatric services in preventive work for bereaved families with surviving children and adolescents. A ten-point plan is suggested as a guideline.

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Sedney, Mary Anne. "Children's Grief Narratives in Popular Films." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 39, no. 4 (December 1999): 315–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/un7p-9rxy-j9h5-bhn6.

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Children's grief narratives, conceptualized as portrayals of the grief process in children, in popular films are examined. Four films focus this study: Snow White, Bambi, The Land Before Time, and The Lion King. These films reflect a range of acknowledgment of death and descriptions of grief in their young characters. They also vary in the extent to which they are consistent with traditional models of grief that emphasize detachment and contemporary models that focus on the importance of ongoing connections with the deceased. These films are consistent in their portrayal of the availability and usefulness of support and comfort for grieving children. They are also uniform in their presentation of possibilities for hope and some forward development after loss. Use of popular films for children's death education and for grief education is discussed.

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Rosenblatt, Paul C., and J. William Worden. "Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies." Journal of Marriage and the Family 60, no. 1 (February 1998): 266. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/353462.

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Sanghvi, Pia. "Grief in children and adolescents: a review." Indian Journal of Mental Health 7, no. 1 (August 12, 2019): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.7.1.2019.6-14.

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Pynoos, Robert S. "Grief and Trauma in Children and Adolescents." Bereavement Care 11, no. 1 (March 1992): 2–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02682629208657280.

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Lewis, Nancy. "Wofelt, Alan, Helping Children Cope with Grief." TACD Journal 13, no. 1 (March 1985): 67–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046171x.1985.12034239.

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Baker, John E. "Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies." Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 186, no. 11 (November 1998): 730–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199811000-00017.

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Slade, Arietta. "Children and grief: When a parent dies." Infant Mental Health Journal 19, no. 1 (1998): 92–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199821)19:1<92::aid-imhj8>3.0.co;2-1.

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Foley, Carmel A. "Children and grief, when a parent dies." Depression and Anxiety 8, no. 4 (1998): 169–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1998)8:4<169::aid-da7>3.0.co;2-w.

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Perkins, Holly. "Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 37, no. 2 (February 1998): 233–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199802000-00019.

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Nader, Kathleen, and Alison Salloum. "Complicated Grief Reactions in Children and Adolescents." Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma 4, no. 3 (September 2011): 233–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2011.599358.

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Rosenheim, Eliyahu, and Rivka Reicher. "Children in Anticipatory Grief: The Lonely Predicament." Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 15, no. 2 (June 1986): 115–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp1502_2.

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Melhem, Nadine M., and David Brent. "Editorial: Grief in Children: Phenomenology and Beyond." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 58, no. 10 (October 2019): 943–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2019.03.008.

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Cole, Elaine. "Empower children to cope with their grief." Nursing Standard 30, no. 39 (May 25, 2016): 18–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.30.39.18.s21.

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Lin, Xiuyun, Xiaoyi Fang, Peilian Chi, Xiaoming Li, Wenrui Chen, and Melissa Allen Heath. "Grief-processing-based psychological intervention for children orphaned by AIDS in central China: A pilot study." School Psychology International 35, no. 6 (May 26, 2014): 609–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034314535617.

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A group of 124 children orphaned by AIDS (COA), who resided in two orphanages funded by the Chinese government, participated in a study investigating the efficacy of a grief-processing-based psychological group intervention. This psychological intervention program was designed to specifically help COA process their grief and reduce their psychological distress. Six sessions of group intervention focused on processing grief, reducing traumatic symptoms and psychological distress, and fostering hope about the future. At the three-month post-test, children in both groups (intervention group and control group) reported significant reduction in trauma symptoms and demonstrated similar levels of hope. However, the intervention group reported significantly increased levels of grief processing and decreased levels of trauma symptoms, depression, and threat appraisal. The intervention group also reported subjective improvements in mood, relationships, individual growth, self-confidence, and perceived social support. These outcomes supported the potential efficacy of grief-processing-based psychological intervention to reduce the psychological distress among COA.

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Laing, Catherine M., and Nancy J. Moules. "Children's Cancer Camps." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 70, no. 4 (March 2015): 436–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030222815572605.

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A philosophical hermeneutic study was conducted as part of the first author's doctoral research to understand the meaning of children's cancer camps for the child with cancer and the family. Twenty family members from six families were interviewed in order to bring understanding to this topic. This article will detail the finding related to the experience of grief that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis, and how camp seems to allow children and families to understand their grief differently. The interesting thing about this particular cancer camp is that families of children who have died continue to attend the camp yearly, and there are events to memorialize the many children known to all the campers who no longer attend camp. This is not a grief camp but a cancer camp where grief is allowed presence as it necessarily has to in the world of childhood cancer.

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NABORS, LAURA, MARSHAE OHMS, NATASHA BUCHANAN, KENNETH L. KIRSH, TIFFANY NASH, STEVEN D. PASSIK, JONI L. JOHNSON, JANET SNAPP, and GRETCHEN BROWN. "A pilot study of the impact of a grief camp for children." Palliative and Supportive Care 2, no. 4 (December 2004): 403–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951504040532.

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Objective: Research indicates that children benefit from supportive interventions to help them cope with the loss of a loved one. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate children's perceptions of the effectiveness of a grief camp.Methods: Semistructured interviews were performed with 18 children who attended a weekend-long grief camp. Children also responded to follow-up interviews via telephone. Their parents also completed surveys before camp began and either after camp ended or at a follow-up evaluation. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content coding to uncover key themes in the interviews.Results: Children reported that art activities helped them to express feelings about their grief and release feelings of sadness and worry related to the death. Parents and children felt that the camp was a positive experience and that the children benefited from being in groups with peers who had also lost family members.Significance of results: Evaluating the impact of grief camps, using practical methods such as the ones for this study, is important, as these camps are becoming more popular interventions. Children and parents may benefit from contact at specified follow-up periods after camp to determine if they would benefit from further therapy. Results also provide evidence of the success of this program, which supports the need for funding these types of interventions.

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Geni, Putri Lenggo, and Qisthi Rahmania. "Hubungan Coping Style dan Anticipatory Grief pada Orangtua Anak yang Didiagnosis Kanker." Humaniora 4, no. 1 (April 30, 2013): 241. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v4i1.3434.

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Everyone copes with stressful events in his/her life differently. Three strategies in dealing with stress include problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, and religious-focused coping. Death of loved ones has been considered one of the major sources of stress in individuals and poses threat to their well being and adjustment if one’s failed to cope with the grief. Interestingly, previous studies show that families and caregivers of terminally ill patients suffered bereavement prior to the actual death, a phenomenon labeled anticipatory grief. Article presents a study with the purpose to investigate the relationship between different coping styles and anticipatory grief in parents of children diagnosed with cancer. Fifty-five parents, ranging from 20 to 60-year-old, participated in this study. Results revealed that coping style, particularly emotion-focused coping, significantly predict anticipatory grief in parents of children diagnosed with cancer. However, both problem-focused coping and religious-focused coping did not predict parental anticipatory grief in this study.

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Robinson, Evelyn. "Post-Adoption Grief Counselling." Adoption & Fostering 26, no. 2 (July 2002): 57–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590202600208.

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Evelyn Robinson addresses the grief experienced by mothers who have lost children through adoption and suggests that their grief is disenfranchised. She explores the reasons for this and outlines methods for assisting mothers to integrate their experience of adoption loss into their lives, as practised in a self-help group, supported by government funding, which currently operates in South Australia. The article is based on the author's personal experience, both as a mother who lost a child through adoption and as a counsellor/co-ordinator with the group under discussion.

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Cheifetz, Philip N., George Stavrakakis, and Eva P. Lester. "Studies of the Affective State in Bereaved Children*." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 7 (October 1989): 688–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378903400711.

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The process of bereavement in children ranges from the absence of grief to symptoms of anxiety and conduct disturbances. Some psychoanalytic opinion holds that the absence of grief, associated with lack of cognitive maturity, leads to the development of psychopathology later in life. Other writers describe a mourning response, taking the form of ambivalence, anxiety, and care giving, which may protect against subsequent depression. This paper describes the affective response in 16 children ages four to 17 years, two to three years following the death of a parent, in order to further characterize developmental aspects of the emotional repertoire of bereavement. Only children aged 12 and over were depressed according to the Poznansky Children's Depression Rating Scale and criteria in the DSM-III. Conduct disturbances were observed in the younger children and some of the older children and were correlated with depression in the group as a whole. This suggests that the expression of depressive affect depends on maturation and that the young child may register grief only through anxiety and negativism. Examples of this spectrum of responses are offered in two case vignettes.

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Pines, Eula W., Maureen Rauschhuber, and Sarah Williams. "Health Connections." Californian Journal of Health Promotion 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2006): 52–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.32398/cjhp.v4i4.1987.

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Nearly half of Zambia's population is under 15 years old, with an estimated 630,000 “AIDS orphans,” children who’s parents have died from HIV/AIDS, and are now left to survive without complete families. Zambian caregivers of these AIDS orphans have been overwhelmed with the task of providing grief counseling services to these children. Nursing professionals at the University of the Incarnate Word responded to the professional development needs of grief counselors in Zambia, and launched Health Connections in 2004-2006. Health Connections is a cross-cultural grief education program designed to educate caregivers in a rural Zambian village on how to help grieving children. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Health Connections “train-the-trainers” program.

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Saday Duman, Nagihan. "Cancer in Children, Concept of Death and Grief." Acta Oncologica Turcica 47, no. 2 (2014): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5505/aot.2014.84803.

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