Children and loss : a descriptive-exploratory study of bereaved children's experience of loss following the death of a significant adult
| dc.contributor.author | Whiteman, Allyson Dawn | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Anglin, James P. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Scott, Daniel George | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-04-10T06:02:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-04-10T06:02:51Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2004 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-04-10T06:02:51Z | |
| dc.degree.department | School of Child and Youth Care | |
| dc.description.abstract | This qualitative study describes the meaning of the experience of loss for four child participants following the death of a grandparent. Using both descriptiveexploratory methodology and human becoming theory as the framework, the findings are presented in three themes. Related to meaning of the experience of loss, the theme in the children's language is, sadness deepens with awareness of the permanence of death. Related to how relationships unfold following the loss of a grandparent the theme is, time spent doing things and with others provides memories. The final theme is related to hopes and desires the children had following the death of their grandparent, that theme is wishes to undo the past mingle with ongoing relating with one who has died. Practice implications and directions for further research are discussed in light of study findings. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/705 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bereavement in children | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Grandparent and child | en_US |
| dc.title | Children and loss : a descriptive-exploratory study of bereaved children's experience of loss following the death of a significant adult | en_US |
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