A theory-based preventive intervention program for bereaved parents whose children have died in accidents
✍ Scribed by Shirley A. Murphy; Karen Aroian; Robert Baugher
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 824 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Conflkting theoretical propositions regarding what type of support is most effective at what time during bereavement guided the development and ini-
tial testing of a preventive intervention program for bereaved parents. Parents whose adolescent or young adult children died within 4 days following a vehicle-related accident were assigned to early (2-6 months postloss) or later (7-13 months postloss) transition groups in which they received a two-dimensional preventive intervention: in formational support and emotional support. A comparison group received no intervention. Weekly and summative evaluations completed by bereavedparents and group leaders showed therapeutic benefits of the preventive intervention for both treated groups. However, the two groups responded differently to the interventions, suggesting that timing and type of support might both be important factors to consider.