Mental health of adolescents before and after the death of a parent or sibling

Stikkelbroek, Yvonne; Bodden, Denise; Reitz, Ellen; Vollebergh, Wilma; Baar, Anneloes L. van

doi:10.1007/s00787-015-0695-3

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“…21 Although they are capable of rational thinking, adolescents, like adults, nonetheless benefit from additional explanation and discussion in addition to emotional support. Although they often turn to peers for support and assistance in many situations, after the death of a close family member or friend, they can benefit from the additional physical and emotional presence of adults.…”

Section: Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting the Grieving Child and Family

Schonfeld¹,

Demaria²

2016

Pediatrics

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The death of someone close to a child often has a profound and lifelong effect on the child and results in a range of both short-and long-term reactions. Pediatricians, within a patient-centered medical home, are in an excellent position to provide anticipatory guidance to caregivers and to offer assistance and support to children and families who are grieving. This clinical report offers practical suggestions on how to talk with grieving children to help them better understand what has happened and its implications and to address any misinformation, misinterpretations, or misconceptions. An understanding of guilt, shame, and other common reactions, as well an appreciation of the role of secondary losses and the unique challenges facing children in communities characterized by chronic trauma and cumulative loss, will help the pediatrician to address factors that may impair grieving and children's adjustment and to identify complicated mourning and situations when professional counseling is indicated. Advice on how to support children's participation in funerals and other memorial services and to anticipate and address grief triggers and anniversary reactions is provided so that pediatricians are in a better position to advise caregivers and to offer consultation to schools, early education and child care facilities, and other child congregate care sites. Pediatricians often enter their profession out of a profound desire to minimize the suffering of children and may fi nd it personally challenging when they fi nd themselves in situations in which they are asked to bear witness to the distress of children who are acutely grieving. The importance of professional preparation and self-care is therefore emphasized, and resources are recommended.

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Section: Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting the Grieving Child and Family

Schonfeld¹,

Demaria²

2016

Pediatrics

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“…This data can also be seen as the prospect of subsequent studies on children' psychological trauma for violence or witnessing violence (American Psychiatric Association, 2013;McDonaldet al, 2016). The death of parents marked an emotional and psychological turning point in the life of a human being (Stikkelbroek, Bodden, Reitz, Vollebergh & van Baar, 2016;Gutiérrez, Menendez, Jiang, Hernandez, Miller & Rosengren, 2019). For children and adolescents, losing a parent can be a chronic non-healing wound (Abrams, 2013).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affected the Psychological Trauma of Children Living in Incomplete Families – The Concern in Vietnamese School Counseling

Duc,

Van,

Diem

et al. 2019

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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Domestic violence, separation and divorce are becoming increasingly common and leaving psychological traumas that are not easily healed for family members, especially for children in Vietnamese incomplete family. In this article, we identify the factors affecting the psychological trauma of children in the incomplete families by using Achenbach T. M's Children Behavior Checklist (CBCL). We design 2 experiments and 3 steps to filter the main factor affected the psychological trauma of children living in incomplete families. In results, we found out that up to 46.42% of children had psychological traumas when living in incomplete family with an extremely high level of 8.16% and an average of 57.14%. The results showed not only by living in incomplete family but also other factors such as the pressure from public opinion and community affected the children psychological trauma. It is necessary to minimize the effect of psychological trauma of children in Vietnamese families.

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“…Birenbaum 7 found that adolescents who lost a sibling to cancer were at higher risk of developing physiologic and psychosocial symptoms than other age groups. Stikkelbroek and colleagues 8 found that adolescents had more internalizing problems after the loss of a sibling than loss of a parent. For some adolescents loss of a sibling may facilitate psychological growth with reported feelings of being “more mature” than most of their peers.…”

Section: Adolescents’ Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents' Experiences 7 and 13 Months After the Death of a Brother or Sister

Brooten

Youngblut

Roche

2017

J Hosp Palliat Nurs

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This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to describe adolescents’ responses at 7 and 13 months to siblings’ NICU/PICU/ED death. At 7 months, adolescents were asked about events around the sibling’s death; at 7 and 13 months, about concerns/fears, feelings, and life changes. Seventeen adolescents participated (13-18 years; M=15); 65% Black, 24% Hispanic, 11% White. Themes included death circumstances, burial events, thinking about the deceased sibling, fears, and life changes. Adolescents reported shock and disbelief that the sibling died; 80% knew the reason for the death; many had difficulty getting through burials; all thought about the sibling. From 7 - 13 months fears increased including losing someone and thoughts of dying. Adolescents reported more changes in family life and greater life changes in them (more considerate, mature) by 13 months; some felt friends abandoned them after the sibling’s death. Girls had more fears and changes in family life and themselves. Adolescent’s responses to sibling death may not be visually apparent. One recommendation from this study is to ask adolescents how they are doing separately from parents since adolescents may hide feelings to protect their parents, especially their mothers. Older adolescents (14-18 years) and girls may have more difficulty after sibling death.

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Mental health of adolescents before and after the death of a parent or sibling

Cited by 83 publications

References 44 publications

Supporting the Grieving Child and Family

Supporting the Grieving Child and Family

Factors Affected the Psychological Trauma of Children Living in Incomplete Families – The Concern in Vietnamese School Counseling

Adolescents' Experiences 7 and 13 Months After the Death of a Brother or Sister

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