Children and Grief When a Parent Dies

by Worden, J. William

• ISBN13: 9781572307469
• ISBN10: 1572307463
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-02
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age childr en who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. The volume presents maj or findings from the Harvard Child Bereavement Study and places them i n the context of previous research, shedding new light on both the wid e range of normal variation in children's experiences of grief and the factors that put bereaved children at risk. The book also compares pa rentally bereaved children with those who have suffered loss of a sibl ing to death, or of a parent through divorce, exploring similarities a nd differences in these experiences of loss. A concluding section expl ores the clinical implications of the findings and includes a review o f intervention models and activities, as well as a screening instrumen t designed to help identify high-risk bereaved children.

Author Biography

Bio updated 9/01 for paperback release

J. William Worden, PhD, ABPP, holds academic appointments at Harvard Medical School and the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology in California. He is also Co-Principal Investigator of the Harvard Child Bereavement Study, based at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical practice is in Newport Beach, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
ONE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN MOURING
The Mouring Process for Children	9	(9)
When a Parent Dies	18	(17)
Gow Life Changes	35	(20)
How The Child Responds	55	(19)
Mediators of the Child's Bereavement Experience	74	(23)
Children at Risk	97	(18)
TWO COMPARATIVE LOSSES
When a Sibling Dies	115	(9)
The Loss of a Parent by Divorce	124	(15)
THREE HOW WE CAN HELP BEREAVED CHILDREN
Counseling and Intervention Issues	139	(14)
Intervention Models and Activities	153	(18)
Epilogue	171	(2)
Appendix A: Project Assessment Instruments	173	(5)
Appendix B: Screening Instrument and Scoring Instructions	178	(5)
Suggested Readings	183	(18)
Reference	201	(10)
Author Index	211	(7)
Subject Index	218