Exam 2 Material Flashcards
____ are when the loss in uncertain (MIA’s, no remains found) Multiple losses from plane crashes, natural disasters, fire may lead to bereavement overload that may complicate grief
Circumstantial Factors
_____ are highly ambivalent relationships with unexpressed hostility. The death may reopen old wounds in highly dependent relationships the death may lead to a desperate sense of helplessness that may complicate grie
Relational Factors
____ are people who have had complicated grief reactions in the past will have a higher probability of a complicated reaction in the present; there is interest in the influence of early parental loss on the development of subsequent complicated grief reactions in other losses my complicate grief
Historical Factors
____ some people are unable to tolerate extremes of emotional distress; one’s self concept such as being the “strong one” in the family my complicate grief
Personality Factors
____ the death is socially unspeakable (suicide, homicide, AIDS),the loss is socially negated (abortion), the absence of a social support network may cause complicate grief
Social Factors
____ is grief extending over a long period of time without resolution- abnormal
Complicated (Chronic, Unresolved) Grief
____ inhibited, suppressed or postponed response to a loss - abnormal
Delated Grief Reaction
____ persons are usually conscious of the relationship of the reaction of the death, but the reaction to the current experience is excessive and disabling
Exaggerated Grief (Worden)
____ occurs when persons experience symptoms and behaviors which cause them difficulty but they do not see or recognize the fact that these are related to loss
Masking Grief
____ is a deliberate act of self destruction
Suicide
____ is an unsuccessful suicide attempt
Suicidal Gesture
____ are thoughts about committing suicide
Suicidal Ideation
____ studied thousands of cases of suicide to demonstrate his theory that a person commits suicide because of the influence of society, his theory on suicide includes four types of suicide
Emile Durkheim
____ is when a person commits suicide during times of adverse conditions such as war or financial hardships, when the rules of society don’t seem to apply - Emile Durkheim
Anomic Suicide
____ is when a person commits suicide because one feels over regulated or over controlled, they feel there is no other way out - Emile Durkheim
Fatalistic Suicide
____ is when a person commits suicide due to a high sense of group involvement or out of a sense of duty for a cause (Kamikaze pilots in WWII, suicide bombers) - Emile Durkheim
Altruistic Suicide
____ is when a person commits suicide due to feelings of being a loner or feelings that one does not fit into society - Emile Durkheim
Egoistic Suicide
____ termed from Greek words for “well/good” and “death”
Euthanasia
____ is the withholding of life-sustaining drugs or treatment, such as kidney dialysis, from a patient who is terminally ill.
Passive Euthanasia
____ is taking active measures such as Dr. Kevorkian did, to end the life of a terminally ill patient
Active Euthanasia
A child’s understanding of death
- Birth to 3yrs - no comprehension
- 3 to 5 yrs - unable to understand the finality of death; death is like sleep or like taking a long journey
- 5 to 9 yrs - may understand that death is final but may not accept it as something that happens to everyone, often personify death (boogeyman, grim reaper)
- 9 yrs and above - understands that death is final
Children and Death
Explaining Death to Children… What ____ to say
- Make believe stories or fairy tales
- Something you don’t believe yourself
- Mother has gone on a long journey
- “God” took daddy away because he wants and loves the good in heaven
- Daddy is now in heaven (Debatable)
- Grandma died because she was sick
- To die is to sleep
NOT
Explaining Death to Children…. What ___ say
- Share your own religious convictions
- Speak in concrete terms rather than philosophical ones
- Grant permission to cry, and express emotions
- Acknowledge when you don’t know the answer
To
The funeral is an important occasion in the life of the family. A child should have the same right as other members of the family to attend the funeral, offer his or her last respects and express love and devotion. Not only is it correct to permit a child to attend a funeral, but approximately the age of seven, a child should be encouraged to attend
Children and Funeral
- Functional position or roles the deceased played in the family
- Emotional integration of the family
- How families facilitate or hinder emotional expression
Grief and Family Systems - William Worden
