Exploring the social construction of bereavement: perceptions of adjustment and recovery in bereaved men.
The general public's view of bereavement in Israel was studied by means of a series of vignettes describing various reactions of a man at mid-life alternately to the death of an adult son and then to the death of a spouse. Respondents believed that the bereaved were particularly affected when the deceased was an adult child; functioning was impaired; and the relationship to the deceased was conflictual. A continuing relationship to the deceased was considered normative five years after death. Implications for theory and clinical practice are offered.
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Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel. RUBIN@PSY.HAIFA.AC.IL
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001601:Bereavement; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D017805:Widowhood / Q000523:psychology*