Mediating Grief: Postmortem Ritualization After Child Death.

The purpose of this study is to better understand the benefits of ritualization for bereaved parents and the factors that influence ritualization. Through phenomenological analyses of 19 in-depth interviews with bereaved parents, the results of this study reveal that bereaved parents engage in ritua...

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Published in:	Journal of Loss & Trauma Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 158 - 173
Main Authors:	Cacciatore, Joanne, Flint, Melissa
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar/Apr2012
Subjects:	Death & psychology Psychological adaptation Bereavement Interviewing Phenomenology Parent-child relationships Psychology of parents Rites & ceremonies Sound recordings Parent attitudes Children Descriptive statistics
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