Acknowledgments

Contributors

xiii

Preface

xvii

PART ONE Examining the Dominant Model

Introduction: What's the Problem?

(28)

Phyllis R. Silverman

Dennis Klass

Disengaging as a Goal of Grief

(1)

Historical Perspective

(9)

Autonomy or Interdependence

(2)

Another Paradigm

(4)

Qualitative Versus Quantitative Methods in the Study of Grief

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(8)

PART TWO Setting the Stage

Broken Hearts or Broken Bonds?

(14)

Margaret Stroebe

Mary Gergen

Kenneth Gergen

Wolfgang Stroebe

Breaking Bonds in the 20th Century

(3)

Grief in Other Cultures

(1)

Grief in the Romantic Age

(2)

Unrelinquished Relationships in Contemporary Society

(2)

Bereavement in Postmodern Perspective

(3)

References

(2)

Grief That Does Not End

(14)

Paul C. Rosenblatt

Evidence of Grief Recurrence

(4)

How and Why Grief Can Recur Over a Lifetime

(4)

Implications of Grief Recurrence

(1)

American Cultural Notions About Grief Recurrence

(2)

References

(2)

Grief in an Eastern Culture: Japanese Ancestor Worship

(14)

Dennis Klass

Definition

(1)

History

(1)

Western Psychology and Japanese Ritual

(1)

The Nature of the Spirits of the Dead

(2)

Home Altars and Memorial Tablets

(3)

Graves

(1)

Ritual Time: O Bon

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(3)

PART THREE Bereaved Children

Children's Construction of Their Dead Parents

(14)

Phyllis R. Silverman

Steven L. Nickman

The Study Population

(1)

Findings

(9)

Discussion

(1)

References

(1)

Bereaved Children's Changing Relationships with the Deceased

(26)

Claude L. Normand

Phyllis R. Silverman

Steven L. Nickman

Types of Connections

(2)

Preserving Memories of the Deceased

(1)

Maintaining an Interactive Relationship With the Deceased

(3)

Trajectories of Connections to the Deceased

(8)

Revolving Within a Single Type of Connection to the Deceased

102

(5)

General Summary of the Trajectories

107

(1)

Conclusion

108

(2)

References

110

(3)

Remembering a Parent Who Has Died: A Developmental Perspective

113

(12)

Betty C. Buchsbaum

Memory and Adult Mourning

113

(1)

Memory, Maturation, and Childhood Bereavement

114

(2)

Memory and Cognitive Development

116

(1)

Person Perception

117

(1)

Developmental Patterns of Parental Memories

118

(4)

Developmental Arrest and Parent Loss

122

(1)

Practical Implications

123

(1)

Summary

123

(1)

References

124

(1)

Relationship and Heritage: Manifestations of Ongoing Attachment Following Father Death

125

(24)

Kirsten Tyson-Rawson

Bereavement, Relationship, and Meaning

125

(3)

Late Adolescent Bereavement

128

(1)

Study Design

129

(4)

Emotional Relationships After Death

133

(9)

Conclusion

142

(1)

References

143

(6)

PART FOUR Spousal Bereavement

Widowhood and Husband Sanctification

149

(14)

Helena Znaniecka Lopata

Husband Sanctification

151

(1)

Chicago-Area Widows

152

(3)

Who Sanctifies?

155

(5)

Summary and Conclusions

160

(1)

References

161

(2)

Remarriage of Widowed Persons: A Triadic Relationship

163

(16)

Miriam S. Moss

Sidney Z. Moss

Background

164

(1)

Ties with Deceased Spouses in Widowhood

165

(2)

Maintenance of Ties with the Deceased in Remarriage

167

(9)

Discussion

176

(1)

References

177

(2)

Memories of the Death and Life of a Spouse: The Role of Images and Sense of Presence in Grief

179

(20)

Roberta Dew Conant

Widows Participating in the Study

179

(1)

Format of the Interviews

180

(1)

Findings

181

(1)

The Widows' Stories

181

(3)

Widows' Experiences of the Memory of the Deceased

184

(7)

Heuristic Models for the Role of Sense of Presnece in Grief: Trance, Communication, Play, and Personal Religion

191

(2)

Distress in the Interview/Coping in Life

193

(1)

Impact of Bereavement Groups

193

(1)

Conclusions

193

(2)

References

195

(4)

PART FIVE Parental Bereavement

The Deceased Child in the Psychic and Social Worlds of Bereaved Parents During the Resolution of Grief

199

(18)

Dennis Klass

Introduction

199

(2)

Interactions Through the Course of Grief

201

(13)

Conclusion

214

(1)

References

215

(2)

The Wounded Family: Bereaved Parents and the Impact of Adult Child Loss

217

(18)

Simon Shimshom Rubin

Introduction and Theory

217

(5)

Research on Bereaved Parents in Israel

222

(3)

The Wounded Family: A Study in Function, Relationship, and the Challenge of Recovery and Resolution of Bereavement

225

(4)

Conclusions

229

(1)

References

230

(5)

PART SIX Bereaved Siblings

Basic Constructs of a Theory of Adolescent Sibling Bereavement

235

(22)

Nancy Hogan

Lydia DeSantis

Review of Literature

236

(2)

Assumptions About Bereavement

238

(1)

Constructs

239

(9)

Discussion

248

(3)

Conclusions and Recommendations

251

(1)

References

252

(5)

PART SEVEN Adoptee Losses

Retroactive Loss in Adopted Persons

257

(16)

Steven Nickman

The Vital Questions

257

(3)

Social and Legal Structuring of Adoption

260

(4)

Developmental Influences on an Adoptee's Inner Experience of a Birth Parent

264

(2)

Ongoing Life Events: Their Influence on the Vividness of an Adoptee's Interest in Birth Parents and on the Intensity of Motivation to Seek Knowledge or Contact

266

(1)

Sustaining Fantasy, Family Romance Fantasy, and the Fantasies of Adoptees

267

(2)

Actual Knowledge Versus a Permitted Locus of Thought

269

(2)

Conclusions---The Arrow of Time: Contrasts and Parallels With Bereavement

271

(1)

References

272

(1)

Grief and the Birth Origin Fantasies of Adopted Women

273

(24)

Susan Miller-Havens

Adoptees and Loss

273

(2)

Fantasy Formation

275

(1)

The Data

276

(1)

Results

277

(15)

References

292

(5)

PART EIGHT Meanings and Implications

Grief and the Role of the Inner Representation of the Deceased

297

(14)

Samuel J. Marwit

Dennis Klass

Investigation Methods

298

(4)

Study Results

302

(3)

Intent of Investigation: A Discussion

305

(3)

References

308

(3)

Attachment and the Reactions of Bereaved College Students: A Longitudinal Study

311

(18)

David E. Balk

New Thinking About Attachment and Grief

311

(1)

An Idea for a Study on Bereavement and Attachment

312

(1)

Research Method

313

(5)

Research Findings

318

(2)

Discussion

320

(3)

Concluding Reflections

323

(2)

References

325

(4)

Dilemmas in Identification for the Post-Nazi Generation: ``My Good Father Was a Bad Man?''

329

(20)

Lord Heims Tessman

Excerpts from Interviews

331

(15)

References

346

(3)

PART NINE Conclusion

Concluding Thoughts

349

(8)

Phyllis R. Silverman

Steven L. Nickman

Defining the Continuing Bond

349

(2)

The Paradox of Letting Go and Remaining Involved

351

(1)

Legitimation of Old Grief

351

(2)

Problem Behavior

353

(1)

Implications for Therapeutic Intervention

354

(3)

Index

357

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