An Investigation of Grief and Adaptation in Parents Whose Children Have Died from Cancer

Rando, Therese A.

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“…In addition, other studies have found that multiple factors predict parental grief, including the length of the child's illness, parent's history of previous losses and whether the child's death was anticipated. 21,22 In the current study, grief scores did not differ significantly between parents who had hospice or palliative care involvement and those parents who did not have these services. Due to the small sample size of the current study, we were not able to determine if this or other factors contributed to the grief level in this group of parents.…”

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Infant end-of-life care: the parents' perspective

Pierucci²,

et al. 2007

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify factors important to parents in their infant's end-of-life care.Study Design: Participants were parents (n ¼ 19 families) whose infant (less than 1 year old) had died. Parents completed the Revised Grief Experience Inventory (RGEI) and a semi-structured interview regarding their infant's end-of-life care. Interviews were rated using the Post-Death Adaptation Scale (PDAS).Result: Parents scored significantly lower than the normative sample on the RGEI, and PDAS scores suggested that these parents were adapting positively. Parent interviews identified the aspects of care that were important to parents: honesty, empowered decision-making, parental care, environment, faith/trust in nursing care, physicians bearing witness and support from other hospital care providers. Conclusion:Results of this study suggest that parents can effectively cope following the death of an infant and the medical staff can do much to improve the end-of-life care for infants and their families.

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Infant end-of-life care: the parents' perspective

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“…grief reactions in relation to the time span (Smith and Borgers, 1989), while others have found a resurgence of grief reactions at the three-year mark (Rando, 1983).…”

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“…As time passes, the pain of bereavement persists and becomes indistinguishable regardless of the infant's age. Rando (1983) reported a resurgence of parents' grief reactions at the three-year mark.…”

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Parental grief reactions and marital intimacy following infant death

Lang

Gottlieb

1993

Death Studies

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“…The grief experienced by bereaved parents is thought to reduce from the time of bereavement until about three years, when an often unexpected increase in emotional distress is experienced (Rando, 1983). After this time, the parent is believed to experience a further improvement in bereavement-related outcomes over time.…”

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“…By four years post-loss, the parent F o r P e e r R e v i e w O n l y 4 is thought to have lived through the worst times of their loss and should be making a recovery in terms of negative symptoms. This period of mid-bereavement, when bereaved parents are believed to be moving towards resolution of their grief, is therefore of considerable interest to researchers (Rando, 1983). …”

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The relative importance of avoidance and restoration-oriented stressors for grief and depression in bereaved parents

Harper

O’Connor

O’Carroll

2014

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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BackgroundPrevious research has identified a number of individual risk factors for parental bereavement including the sex of the parent, the sex of the child, avoidance-focussed coping style and time since death. These factors emerged from research where variables were tested univariately and their relative importance is currently unknown. The current research therefore aims to investigate which risk factors are important, multivariately, for the outcomes of grief and depression in parents following the death of their child. MethodPsychosocial measures were completed by 106 bereaved parents four years post-loss recruited from death records in Scotland. The cause of the child's death included long term illness and stillbirths as well as sudden and violent deaths. ResultsIn multivariate regression analyses, depression was predicted by avoidance-focussed coping and the number of restoration-oriented stressors. Grief was predicted by avoidance, restoration stressors and level of continuing bonds. ConclusionThe present study adds to the knowledge about the phenomenon of parental bereavement with participants recruited directly from death records rather than through

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An Investigation of Grief and Adaptation in Parents Whose Children Have Died from Cancer

Cited by 42 publications

References 15 publications

Infant end-of-life care: the parents' perspective

Infant end-of-life care: the parents' perspective

Parental grief reactions and marital intimacy following infant death

The relative importance of avoidance and restoration-oriented stressors for grief and depression in bereaved parents

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