Parent bereavement stress and preventive intervention following the violent deaths of adolescent or young adult children

Journal/Book: Death Stud. 1996; 20: 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007-1598. Hemisphere Publ Corp. 441-452.

Abstract: It is currently believed that effective intervention programs can reduce the negative consequences stressful life events. The purpose of this paper is to describe a three-step process used to develop a theory-based preventive intervention for parents whose 12- to 28-year-old children had died 2 to 7 months previously by accident, homicide, or suicide. Assumptive world, family life cycle, victimization, and social support theories form the basis for ''matching'' parent bereavement stress with selected intervention strategies.

Note: Article SA Murphy, Univ Washington, Sch Nursing, Dept Psychosocial & Community Hlth, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Keyword(s): SOCIAL SUPPORT; PROGRAMS; RECOVERY; THEMES; HEALTH; RISK

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