Mourning Depressive Responses of Children in Residence Following Sudden Death of Parent Figures

The Bereaved Child

“…The only prospective study of the effect of bereavement on children of different ages (McConville et al, 1973) looked at 18 children aged 5-12, resident in a Children's Home when the two Directors and their dogs died in a fire. There were differences in response according to age.…”