title: The taunting of parentally bereaved children: an exploratory study.
abstract: This exploratory study addresses the rarely mentioned, minimally investigated topic of peer taunting of parentally bereaved children. It suggests that social support cannot be adequately conceptualized or measured on an essentially one-dimensional scale from high to low support. The data are derived from lengthy semistructured transcribed research interviews of bereaved children. Using conservative criteria, 7 of the 35 children were found to have experienced direct, raw taunting about their loss. The varied forms of taunting experienced are described, as well as a range of victim reactions. Suggestions of foci for future research are presented.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Albert C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: Lucas S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: LaFreniere
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D035841:Behavioral Research; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D063129:Parental Death / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D065806:Xenophobia / Q000523:psychology*