Assessing children's and teenagers' bereavement when a sibling dies from cancer: a secondary analysis

Birenbaum, Linda K.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2214.2000.00150.x

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“…Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05 for acceptance in the enter model. were between 19 and 23 years (mean = 24.0, SD = 3.8, range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] at the time of investigation. The average time since loss was 6.3 years (range 2-9, SD = 2.3).…”

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“…It was also reported that 16% of the siblings had not worked through their grief 7-9 years after the death. Birenbaum [20] assessed behaviour problems in children and adolescents up to 1 year after they had lost a sibling to cancer and reported that the bereaved children and adolescents had more behavioural problems than the normative sample. There was also an apparent age difference in the types of symptoms.…”

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They still grieve—a nationwide follow‐up of young adults 2–9 years after losing a sibling to cancer

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Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of unresolved grief in bereaved young adult siblings and examine possible contributing factors.Methods: The study was a Swedish population-based study of young adults who had lost a brother or sister to cancer, 2-9 years earlier. Of 240 eligible siblings, 174 (73%) completed a study-specific questionnaire. This study focused on whether the respondents had worked through their grief over the sibling's death and to what extent.Results: A majority (54%) of siblings stated that they had worked through their grief either 'not at all' or 'to some extent' at the time of investigation. In multiple regression analyses with unresolved grief as the dependent variable, 21% of the variance was explained by lack of social support and shorter time since loss.Conclusion: The majority of bereaved young adults had not worked through their grief over the sibling's death. A small group of siblings reported that they had not worked through their grief at all, which may be an indicator of prolonged grief. Lack of social support and more recent loss were associated with not having worked through the grief over the sibling's death.

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They still grieve—a nationwide follow‐up of young adults 2–9 years after losing a sibling to cancer

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“…In contrast, infants’ and children’s NICU or PICU deaths may be abrupt and frightening, in environments of loud noises, bright lights, and staff who are strangers (Brooten et al 2013). In addition, research in this area had small samples (Erlandsson et al 2010; Warland et al 2011), mainly White participants (Birenbaum 2000; Gerhardt et al 2012), a wide age range of children in the samples and methodological weaknesses. Most data were collected on parents’ perceptions of surviving children’s responses which often differ from children’s own responses (Lohan and Murphy 2001–2002; Roche et al 2016).…”

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School Aged Children’s Experiences 7 and 13 Months Following a Sibling’s Death

Brooten

Youngblut

2017

J Child Fam Stud

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This study described 6-year to 12-year-old children’s responses 7 and 13 months after siblings’ NICU/PICU/ED death. Using semi-structured interviews, at 7 months, children were asked about events around their sibling’s death. At both 7 and 13 months, children were asked about their thoughts and feelings about the deceased, concerns or fears, and life changes since the death. Thirty one children (58% female), recruited from four South Florida hospitals and Florida obituaries, participated. Children’s mean age was 8.4 years; 64.5% were Black, 22.5% Hispanic, 13% White. Interviews were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Resulting themes: circumstances of the death, burial events, thinking about and talking to the deceased sibling, fears, and life changes. Most children knew their sibling’s cause of death, attended funeral/memorials, thought about and talked to their deceased sibling, reported changes in family and themselves over the 13 months. Fears (something happening to themselves, parents, other siblings—death, cancer, being snatched away) decreased from 7 to 13 months especially in 7-year to 9-year-olds. Seven-year to 9-year-olds reported the greatest change in themselves from 7 to 13 months. More Black children and girls thought about the deceased and reported more changes in themselves over the 13 months. School aged children thought about and talked with their deceased sibling, reported changes in themselves and their family and their fears decreased over the first 13 months after their sibling’s death

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“…More recent reviews confirm this status (Currier et al 2007a, Rosner, 2010. Thus, individualised assessment of each child is crucial to establish the problems associated with the death, to review their individual strengths and resiliencies and to decide on the therapeutic support/interventions required to help them deal with such problems (Birenbaum, 2000). The efficacy of specialist psychotherapy and mental health services for those children with complex grief reactions has been demonstrated (Currier et al 2007, Rosner 2010.…”

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“…In developing the Pyramid and its supporting document, the ICBN worked on the premise that individualised consideration of each child is crucial to establish the challenges associated with the death of their loved one and the responses and therapeutic support/interventions appropriate to help them deal with such problems (Birenbaum, 2000).…”

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The development of a framework to support bereaved children and young people: the Irish Childhood Bereavement Care Pyramid

2015

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Children's bereavement poses a challenge not only for children themselves but for the families, communities, volunteers and professionals who support them. The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network set out to develop a framework to provide a comprehensive guide for children's bereavement support. The model is based on contemporary literature, existing policy and the views of professions, volunteers and parents. The process resulted in the 'Irish Childhood Bereavement Care Pyramid'. The major pillars of children's needs, support/service responses and staff competencies are described at four levels, basic up to complex.The aim of the Pyramid is to guide adults to ensure that children are provided with the information and reassurance they need around a bereavement, to promote early intervention as appropriate and to recognise those few children who need specialist support to learn to live with their bereavement. Family context and the child's changing developmental status are emphasized as core considerations.

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Assessing children's and teenagers' bereavement when a sibling dies from cancer: a secondary analysis

Cited by 32 publications

References 24 publications

They still grieve—a nationwide follow‐up of young adults 2–9 years after losing a sibling to cancer

They still grieve—a nationwide follow‐up of young adults 2–9 years after losing a sibling to cancer

School Aged Children’s Experiences 7 and 13 Months Following a Sibling’s Death

The development of a framework to support bereaved children and young people: the Irish Childhood Bereavement Care Pyramid

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