Exploring the social construction of bereavement: Perceptions of adjustment and recovery in bereaved men

Author(s): Schechter, N.

Journal/Book: Amer J Orthopsychiat. 1997; 67: 19 W 44TH St, New York, NY 10036. Amer Orthopsychiatric Assn. 279-289.

Abstract: 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.

Note: Article Rubin SS, Univ Haifa, Dept Psychol, Postgrad Psychotherapy Program, IL-31905 Haifa, ISRAEL

Keyword(s): RESOLUTION; DISTINCT; GRIEF

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