5. The Mourning Process: Mediators of Mourning Flashcards
Which is Mediator 1?
Kinship
What is one of the strongest predictors of grief?
And why?
Kinship
More intense the closer the degree of kinship to deceased
What are significant differences in grief responses?
Keep in mind not guaranteed
- Parents
- Spouse
- Children
- Siblings
- Cousins
- Friends
What is Mediator 2?
Nature of Attachment
Which mediator is this:
- Strength of the attachment (doesn’t have to be blood related)
- Bowlby
- Emotional security of attachment
- Ambivalence in relationship
- Conflicts with deceased
- Dependent relationship
- Can be chosen family
Mediator 2: Nature of Attachment
What is mediator 3?
How the person died
Which mediator is this:
- Natural
- Suicidal
- Proximity
- Violent
- Preventable
- Condition of Remains
- Accidental
- Homicidal
- Sudden or Unexpected
- Multiple Losses
- Stigmatized
- Availability of Remains
Mediator 3 - How the Person Died
What is NASH?
Natural
Accidental
Suicidal
Homicidal
What is mediator 4?
Historical Antecedents
Which mediator is this:
- Previous Losses
- Adequate Grief Experiences
- Unresolved Grief
- How we learn to grief
- How we’re told to grief
Mediator 4 - Historical Antecedents
What’s the difference between how we learn to grief versus how we’re told to grief
How we learn to grief: from observing the adults
How we’re told to grief: told to get over it, follows the stereotypes
What is mediator 5?
Personality Variables
Which mediator is this:
- Age
- Coping Style
- Cognitive Style
- Self-Efficacy
-Values (societal values we’re expected to follow) (not mandatory but highkey forced upon us) - Gender
- Attachment Style
- Self-Esteem
- Believes
Mediator 5 - Personality Variables
What is Mediator 6?
Social Variables
Which Mediator is this:
- The need to grieve with others is important
- Inadequate social support
- Support Satisfaction
- Social role involvements
- Religious resources
- Ethnic expectations
Mediator 6 - Social Variables
