Midterm Flashcards

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1
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grief expressed through cultures

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tears
anger
personal disorganization
lamentation
depressed affect
difficulty w/normal activities
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2
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in what situation might death be a relief

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bad marriage
abusive relationship
long-term caregiving

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in classical psychoanalytic terms (freud)

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detachment
internalization
hypercathexis
grief work
cathexis
decathexis
introjection
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Lindemanne & Park 5 psychological/somatic symptoms

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somatic distress
preoccupation
guilt
hostility
loss of usual patterns of behavior
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Park (beliefs about grief)

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bereaved can work through grief in short amount of time
stigma of person- tainted by death
deprivation
grief is "taking too long"
keep busy-get out
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Bowlby (attachment/security evidenced by

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clinging
crying
angry coercion
grieving

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lindemanne/bowlby the grief process

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yearning
searching
disorganization
reorganization

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confronting negative thoughts

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more negative emotions
depression
malfunctioning
little evidence of better outcomes

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9
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detachment from grief

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better outcomes
distress/depression not universal
humor is therapeutic
failure to experience distress- not pathological

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10
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social functional approach (bonano/ketner)

recovery most likely when

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emotions focused on pain/negative thoughts minimized
positive emotions enhanced
emotions are ephemeral (short-term)
greif is enduring state (up to 8 years)

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social functional approach

focusing on negative

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impedes functioning
more severe grief
health problems
disrupted relationships
pessimism
hoplelessness
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12
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social functional approach

positive emotions

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improve social relationships
positive responses from others
positive facial expressions

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post-modern constructionist

view of grief

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bonds w/deceased- enriched functioning
multiplicity of perspectives- different experiences
vacillating between avoiding/engaging in grief work

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14
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torill

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emotions w/out being engulfed

stop focusing on pain when grief too much

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15
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variables of grief

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personal family characteristics
concurrent stressors
relationship w/deceased
nature of death

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16
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other losses we mourn

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relationship
dream
home
job
country
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17
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post modern social constructionist

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acknowledges multiplicity of perspectives
individual struggles their own
vacillating between avoiding/engaging in grief work

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18
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meaning

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making sense of the loss
finding benefits (eg growth)
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19
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kubler-ross (five stages of dying)

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shock/denial
anger/resentment/guilt
bargaining
depression
acceptance
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20
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kastenbaum (criticism)

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no stages
no linear direction
description vs one way
totality of coping
influences
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21
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grief tasks model

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accepting reality of loss
experience the pain of grief
adjusting to environment without withdrawing from emotional energy from past relationship

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22
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growth oriented model (schneider)

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awareness
acceptance
reformulation

23
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pining

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searching
intense psychological pain
separation anxiety
anger
guilt
depression
24
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phases of grief

Parkes

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protest
despair
realization/reorganization

25
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phases of grief

rando

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avoidance
confrontation
accommodation

26
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phases of grief

stroebe

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integrative

dual process

27
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phases of grief

rando, stroebe, weiss

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process of mourning

28
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researchers agree/phases (bozarth/rando)

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avoidance
confrontation
accommodation

29
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integrative theory of bereavement

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shock
awareness of loss
conservation/withdrawal
healing
renewal
30
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dual process model

Loss

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yearn
cry
confront emotions
cling to past

31
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dual process model

restoration

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learn new routines
master new activities
create new traditions
fulfill new roles

32
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R Process Model

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recognizing
reacting to
reminiscing
relinquish 
readjusting
reinventing
33
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excessive rumination

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going over and over negative thoughts
cant get it out of their mind
prolonged distress

34
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ruminators are…

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neurotic
less mastery of lives
beset by multiple negative events

35
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3 categories of complicated grief

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separation distress
traumatic distress
somatic symptoms

36
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complicated grief associated with conflicted/dependent relationships

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angry
ambivalent
abusive
dependent

37
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antecedent variables to complicated grief

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prior losses
unaddressed stressors
mental health problems
perceived lack of social support

38
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physical problems of complicated grief

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higher mortality
appetite changes
depression
increased substance abuse
loss of interest in sex
39
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psychological problems of complicated grief

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increased somatic complaints
anxiety
depression
insomnia
self-injury
40
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symptoms of complicated grief

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intrusive thoughts
yearning
excessive loneliness
purposelessness
difficulty acknowledging death
shattered worldview
excessive irritability 
symptoms > 6 months
41
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PTSD

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recurrent distressing recollection
sense event will happen again
intense dreams of event
intense psychological reactivity

42
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social ghosts

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dream of them
hear voices
smell flowers
other evocative senses

43
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adaptive coping strategies

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accepting feelings of loss
discovering meaning
reorganizing id
social relationships reinvesting

44
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problem focused coping

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manage px distress

little research on effectiveness

45
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3 crisis periods (demi)

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numbness/yearning
disorganization
reorganization

46
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deficit model of partner love (stroebe/stroebe)

concurrent negative stressors

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gender
age
forewarning of loss
social support

47
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resilience model

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background characteristics
adversity
capacities
mental/physical well being

48
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background characteristics

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gender
age
developmental phase
ethnicity
nature of prior relationship
49
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adversity

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accumulation (unresolved prior loss)

capacities

50
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resiliency

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background characteristics
personal capacities
spirituality
cultural capacities
social environmental capacities
family capacities
culture/community capacities
51
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personal factors

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assertiveness
flexibility
tenacity
optimism
distancing ability
intelligence
group consciousness
ability to find meaning
52
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research-finding meaning

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reordering priorities
reconsider lives
letting go of goals/finding new ones
value in life
storytelling/meaning
53
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well being

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physical health
social functioning
mental health
ongoing connections to deceased 
integration of loss
growth