Parental relationship satisfaction after the death of a child

Abstract

This study describes Finnish parents' (n = 461) parental relationship satisfaction and examines factors associated with relationship satisfaction after the death of a child in the family. This reported study is part of a broader investigation concerning parents' experiences after the death of a child. Most respondents were very (36%) or quite satisfied (49%) with their current relationship. Lower relationship satisfaction scores were reported by older respondents, people with poorer subjective health and people who had other living children. Causes of death other than stillbirth, need for marriage counselling and moderate or poor marital relationship of the respondents' own parents in childhood were also related to lower relationship satisfaction.

A Longitudinal Perspective on Bereaved Parent's Changes in Life Experience after the 2014 Sewol Ferry Sinking

“…None of the parents had returned to work ever since. Previous studies (Joronen et al., 2016; Gibson et al., 2010) indicated that apprehension about returning to work was caused not only by the parents’ functional impairment, but also by their concerns about how they would cope emotionally with talking about their child’s death, fear of others judging them, not wanting to burden others, and doubts about others’ ability to cope or respond to them.…”

Parental Perceptions of Surviving Sibling Grief Responses to an Adolescent’s Violent and Sudden Death by the Sewol Ferry Disaster in South Korea

“…''Deterioration in school performance'' observed in surviving siblings in this study may be considered a natural consequence of ''loss of direction in life'' and a difficulty finding new meaning in life. A drop in grades may also be due to the fact that difficulties in daily functioning may occur after bereavement (Li, Precht, Mortensen, & Olsen, 2003;Joronen et al, 2016).…”

Vanhempien parisuhteeseensa toivoma tuki lapsen kuoleman jälkeen

“…Tuen merkitys lapsen kuoleman jälkeisessä tilanteessa on tunnistettu, ja tutkimusta erilaisista tukimuo doista ja niiden vaikuttavuudesta on tehty (13,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). Myös parisuhdenäkökulma on ollut kes kiössä joissakin tutkimuksissa (3,(6)(7)(8)(20)(21)(22), mutta parisuhteeseen toivottua tukea lapsen kuoleman jälkeisessä elämäntilanteessa ei ole tutkittu, vaikka tiedetään lapsen kuoleman ole van kriisi parisuhteelle (3,6,7). Tällä tutkimuk sella on pyritty täyttämään tätä tutkimuksellisen tiedon aukkoa.…”

“…Sen sijaan ei ole juurikaan tietoa siitä, minkälaista tukea vanhemmat ovat saaneet parisuhteeseensa tai miten annettu tuki olisi vaikuttanut parisuh teeseen. Tuoreessa tutkimuksessa on kyllä todet tu, että vain pieni osa vanhemmista sai tukea pari suhteeseensa lapsen kuoleman jälkeen, vaik ka suuri osa tarvitsi sitä (22).…”