The Unique Experiences of Women and Their Families After the Death of a Baby

Cacciatore, Joanne

doi:10.1080/00981380903158078

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“…Some research also found that satisfaction with the marital relationship could encourage the healing process for bereaved parents (Lang, Gottlieb, & Amsel, 1996; Wijngaards-De Meij et al, 2007). In addition, community institutions, self-help groups and non-profit organizations provide a space for bereaved parents to share their loss experience and look for comfort, and thus help the bereaved parents recover (Cacciatore, 2010; Pan, Liu, Li, & Kwok, 2016). Online self-help groups provide a space for bereaved people to share their emotions with people who have also lost their loved ones, and to acquire some knowledge on how to cope with grief (Chapple & Ziebland, 2011; Liu, 2014; Swartwood, Veach, Kuhne, Lee, & Ji, 2011).…”

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Latent profiles of physical and psychological outcomes of bereaved parents in China who lost their only child

Zhou

Huang

et al. 2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Along with the implementation of the one-child policy in China, a special group of bereaved parents called ‘shiduer’ (失独者), meaning parents bereaved by the loss of their only child, emerged. Although previous research has examined the physical and psychological health of this population, individual differences in physical and psychological outcomes are still not well understood.Objective: This study aimed to identify heterogenous subgroups of Chinese bereaved parents who lost their only child based on the physical and psychological health of this population as well as the predictive factors of each subgroup.Method: Latent profile analysis was used to explore underlying patterns of physical and psychological indicators including subjective physical health, negative psychological outcomes (i.e. depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief disorder) and positive psychological outcomes (i.e. post-traumatic growth) among a sample of Chinese bereaved parents who lost their only child (N = 536). A three-step approach was used to examine the effects of covariates including quality of spousal relationship and recruitment channels on psychological and physical outcomes.Results: A three-profile model identified severity-based groupings of a ‘resilient’ subgroup (n = 153), a ‘coping’ subgroup (n = 338) and a ‘dysfunctional’ subgroup (n = 45). Less satisfaction with spousal relationship and recruitment from institutions in the community and online self-help groups (vs. offline support groups) are associated with the membership of the ‘coping’ or ‘dysfunctional’ subgroup compared to the ‘resilient’ subgroup.Conclusions: There is heterogeneity regarding the physical and psychological health of Chinese parents after losing their only child. The predictive effects of the quality of spousal relationship and the recruitment channels could provide directions for professional intervention.

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Latent profiles of physical and psychological outcomes of bereaved parents in China who lost their only child

Zhou

Huang

et al. 2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…As the loss of a child goes against the expected and natural order of life events, bereaved parents may find it difficult to accept the reality and experience deepest sorrow along with negative emotions such as yearning, guilt, shame, anger, regret, or self-blame (Barr and Cacciatore, 2008;Cacciatore, 2010). These make the mourning process prolonged and complicated.…”

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Features of Prolonged Grief Symptoms in Chinese and Swiss Bereaved Parents

Xiu¹,

Maercker²,

Woynar³

et al. 2016

J Nerv Ment Dis

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This study investigates clinical expressions of prolonged grief in samples of 32 Chinese and 33 Swiss bereaved parents, according to the proposed International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision model of prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Sex differences and predictors (cultural attitudes, sense of coherence, and posttraumatic growth) of PGD were analyzed. In result, after controlling for sociodemographic and loss-related sample differences, both samples showed similar PGD symptom profiles, with Swiss parents exhibiting more severe grief-related preoccupation and Chinese parents exhibiting some accessory symptoms and functional impairment to a greater extent. Multivariate analyses revealed for the Chinese sample primary predictions of PGD by life satisfaction, general health and one's world view (social cynicism) and for the Swiss sample by female sex, sense of coherence, and life satisfaction. The findings substantiate the basic appropriateness of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision PGD in distinct cultural groups and may contribute to a better understanding of grief expression and its potential predictors across different cultures.

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“…Painful emotions (Parkes, 1996) can be effectively negotiated, perhaps even channeled, through ritual after death. For bereaved parents, there is often a physical and psychological imperative to remain bound to the child (Cacciatore, 2010). They maintain ''an ongoing connection .…”

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