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Filtering by: Subject Parent and child -- Religious aspects Advisor Hooker, Karen A.

Parental accounts of a child's death : influences on parental identity and behavior

Creator:

Brotherson, Sean E.

Abstract:

One of the most powerful and life-changing events that can occur in the life of a family is the death of a child. Researchers who have studied death and bereavement suggest that a child's death has a dramatic impact on parents. However, little is known about the ways in which...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

of competence, mourn the lost parent-child bond, and feel a loss of parental hopes for the future