Held Captive by Their Memories: Managing Grief in Relationships

Harvey, John F.; Barnes, Melanie K.; Carlson, Heather R.; Haig, Jeffrey

doi:10.4135/9781483327181.n9

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“…Considerable research documents the importance of emotional support when coping with the sadness and grief that generally accompanies the death of a loved one (Harvey, Barnes, Carlson, & Haig, 1995; M. S. Stroebe & Schut, 2001). Sensitive emotional support can help the bereaved manage feelings of sorrow and despondency, understand the loss suffered, and begin moving toward acceptance of a changed world (W. Stroebe, Stroebe, Abakoumkin, & Schut, 1996; Wortman & Silver, 1990).…”

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Effects of Cognitive Complexity and Emotional Upset on Processing Supportive Messages: Two Tests of a Dual-Process Theory of Supportive Communication Outcomes

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Burleson

Holmstrom

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Human Communication Research

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We report tests of hypotheses derived from a theory of supportive communication outcomes that maintains the effects of supportive messages are moderated by factors influencing the motivation and ability to process these messages. Participants in two studies completed a measure of cognitive complexity, which provided an assessment of processing ability, and reported their degree of upset with a problem situation, which was hypothesized to impact both motivation and ability; they subsequently evaluated the helpfulness of comforting messages that varied in person centeredness. Consistent with predictions, an index of message processing depth-the degree to which participants discriminated between the helpfulness of better and worse supportive messages-was associated with the factors additively in both studies and interactively in one study.

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Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Cognitive Complexity and Emotional Upset on Processing Supportive Messages: Two Tests of a Dual-Process Theory of Supportive Communication Outcomes

Bodie

Burleson

Holmstrom

et al. 2011

Human Communication Research

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“…The process of creating a narrative integrates these thoughts and feelings, allowing memories about the event to be managed more efficiently and leading to reduced distress about the event. Other models of the account-making process (i.e., Harvey, Barnes, Carlson, & Haig, 1995;Harvey, Weber, & Orbuch, 1990) stress the end product of the account as identity change or a sense of completion or acceptance.…”

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“…Recall that one of the assumptions of narrative is that constructing a narrative is beneficial to the teller. Writing about grief, Harvey, Barnes, et al (1995) state, "We assume that a diligent process of account making regarding the loss and confiding parts of the account to close others are essential to an individual's arriving at the point of completion and acceptance" (pp. 216-217), where the sense of completion involves "emphasis on the possible growth in personal strength and potential for contribution to others that may be associated with dealing with major losses" (p. 216).…”

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Beyond the “Fetishism of Words”: Considerations on the Use of the Interview to Gather Chronic Illness Narratives

Miczo¹

2003

Qual Health Res

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The author explores the technique of interviewing chronic illness patients to obtain narratives of their illness experiences. It is argued that the perspective that interview responses are accurate reflections of experience (the "fetishism of words") hampers the understanding of patient voice and agency. Discussions of chronic illness and narrative are followed by an examination of the interview based on the work of Charles L. Briggs. The author then uses the concepts of self-presentation and social support to examine what interviewers and interviewees contribute to the coconstructed discourse that is produced by the interview and addresses the question of how these concepts contribute to the beneficial outcomes of constructing narratives. The author offers specific suggestions for future research.

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