Grief Counseling Exam 2 Flashcards
FACTORS THAT MAY COMPLICATE GRIEF
- Relational factors
- Circumstantial Factors
- Historical Factors
- Personality Factors
- Social Factors
a factor that may complicate grief: Highly ambivalent relationship with unexpressed hostility. (Unresolved stuff).
The death may open old wounds
In highly dependent relationships the death may lead to a desperate sense of helplessness.
Relational factors
a factor that may complicate grief: The loss is uncertain (MIA’s, no remains found)
Multiple losses from plane crashes, natural disasters, fire may lead to bereavement overload.
Circumstantial Factors
a factor that may complicate grief: 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.
Historical Factors
a factor that may complicate grief: Some people are unable to tolerate extremes of emotional distress
One’s self-concept such as being the “strong one” in the family may hinder grief
Personality Factors
a factor that may complicate grief: The death is socially unspeakable (suicide, homicide, AIDS)
The loss is socially negated (abortion)
The absence of a social support network may cause complications
Social Factors
types of abnormal grief
- complicated (chronic, unresolved, abnormal) grief
- delayed grief reaction
- exaggerated greief (Worden)
- masked grief
grief extending over a long period of time without resolution
Complicated (chronic, unresolved) grief
grief inhibited, suppresses or postponed response to a loss
Delayed grief reaction
grief, 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)
grief, 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 the loss
Masked grief
a deliberate act of self-destruction
Suicide
an unsuccessful suicide attempt
Suicidal gesture
thoughts about committing suicide
Suicidal ideation
four types of suicides
Anomic suicide: Fatalistic suicide: Altruistic suicide: Egoistic suicide:
