Grief Reactions: A Sociocultural Approach

Rodgers, Rachel F.; DuBois, Russell

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65241-2_1

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“…The critical feminist ecological model (Rodgers & DuBois, 2018 ) describes how different systems within which individuals are embedded influence their grief reactions. These systems are conceptualized as increasingly distal, concentric levels of influence that are rooted within a certain historical context.…”

Section: Implications For Research and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

A framework of meaning attribution following loss

Smid

2020

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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The loss of a loved one causes the world and the place of the bereaved survivor in it to change irreversibly. A key aspect of the grieving process is the integration of the loss in the bereaved survivor's life story, identity change, and a new future orientation through meaning attribution. Meaning attribution can have favourable or unfavourable effects on the grieving process and hence determines the extent to which a loss disrupts the bereaved survivor's functioning. A framework of meaning attribution after loss is presented, comprising 17 determinants that fall into five categories: event-related, cultural, social, individual and relational determinants. Each determinant may lead to both positive and negative meanings, thereby facilitating or complicating the grieving process. The framework of meaning attribution highlights the importance of an integrated network for mental health care, spiritual care, and end-of-life care in the prevention and treatment of traumatic grief. It also emphasizes the support from relatives, collective rituals, cultural views, legal settlements, and other societal factors that may foster or impede adaptation to loss. The framework of meaning attribution informs research across a range of research themes, including specialist care for traumatic grief, a culturally sensitive care network for traumatic grief, and improving care for ambiguous loss in a global context.

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Section: Implications For Research and Practicementioning

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A framework of meaning attribution following loss

Smid

2020

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…Reactions to grief are varied because they are influenced by personal, interpersonal, and collective constraints in addition to the intersecting dimensions of gender and race/ethnicity (Rodgers & DuBois, 2018). Using these studies, my analysis of Abu Hasan's portrait shows how bereaved fathers in Palestine reflect on their loss and grief in complex ways.…”

Section: The Salutementioning

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Fathers in and Against Pain: Father’s Interruptions of Settler-Colonial Technologies of Loss

Otman

2022

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Bereaved fathers dealing with political loss provide an under-examined experience of living with unbearable pain. Drawing on an anti-colonial feminist framework, this article analyzes the written and visualized pain of bereaved Palestinian fathers posted on Facebook. This study approaches cyberspace as a meaningful site for theorizing the suffering of a people living under state violence. I focus on three portraits shared by fathers, which include texts, photos, e-comments, and e-interpretations. By considering the narratives and reactions evoked by these portraits, this study reveals complex transformations of individual and collective pain, loss, and grief. The study further suggests that visualizing fathers’ pain on social media provides a space for fathers to navigate trauma. They achieve this by traversing traumatic confusion into a state of survival and agency while challenging structures of dehumanization, dispossession, and death.

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“… 2 , 4 However, existing “culturally sanctioned” models of grief may be problematic as bereavement is context dependent; that is, grief reactions are influenced by the multilevel systems in which individuals are embedded. 4 , 5 Thus, what may be viewed as maladaptive bereavement adjustment in one cultural group may be considered normative in another, 6 which can further perpetuate the likelihood of feeling stigmatized and/or experiencing disenfranchised grief. 5 …”

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“…4 , 5 Thus, what may be viewed as maladaptive bereavement adjustment in one cultural group may be considered normative in another, 6 which can further perpetuate the likelihood of feeling stigmatized and/or experiencing disenfranchised grief. 5 …”

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Grief and Bereavement in the Latino/a Community: A Literature Synthesis and Directions for Future Research

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Introduction: Bereavement and grief are social phenomena influenced by a multitude of cultural factors. Prior studies of bereavement adjustment have primarily focused on bereaved survivors who identify racially as white; knowledge of the experience of grief and bereavement among racial/ethnic and other minority groups, particularly among Latino/a groups, in the United States is limited. Objective: The purpose of this review is to synthesize the literature documenting the bereavement experiences of the Latino/a community, evaluate the strength of the current evidence, and provide recommendations to guide future research. Method: A narrative review of research on grief and bereavement in the Latino/a community published between 1990 and 2021. Two authors used a thematic, deductive approach to categorize emergent prevalent themes from the literature and used The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) and The Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine—Evidence Quality Rating Scale (OCEBM) approaches to evaluate the strength of the qualitative and quantitative reports reviewed. Results: Searches revealed 26 reports that were categorized into six themes: cultural values, mourning rituals, immigration, spirituality, disparities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of COVID-19 on Latino/a communities. Our evaluation concludes that the evidence in this area is weak, with limited methodologically rigorous research examining the influence of culture on bereavement among Latino/a groups. Conclusion: Research is needed to identify Latino/a groups' mental health, cultural, social, and family needs and how fulfillment of mourning rituals and other cultural factors may promote or impede bereavement adjustment. Investigation into factors that may protect bereaved survivors against adverse mental health outcomes is also needed. A better understanding of Latino/a grief and bereavement is a step toward the development of culturally competent interventions designed to promote the mental health and psychosocial adjustment of Latino/a mourners.

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Grief Reactions: A Sociocultural Approach

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

A framework of meaning attribution following loss

A framework of meaning attribution following loss

Fathers in and Against Pain: Father’s Interruptions of Settler-Colonial Technologies of Loss

Grief and Bereavement in the Latino/a Community: A Literature Synthesis and Directions for Future Research

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