Midterm Flashcards
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grief expressed through cultures
tears anger personal disorganization lamentation depressed affect difficulty w/normal activities
in what situation might death be a relief
bad marriage
abusive relationship
long-term caregiving
in classical psychoanalytic terms (freud)
detachment internalization hypercathexis grief work cathexis decathexis introjection
Lindemanne & Park 5 psychological/somatic symptoms
somatic distress preoccupation guilt hostility loss of usual patterns of behavior
Park (beliefs about grief)
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
Bowlby (attachment/security evidenced by
clinging
crying
angry coercion
grieving
lindemanne/bowlby the grief process
yearning
searching
disorganization
reorganization
confronting negative thoughts
more negative emotions
depression
malfunctioning
little evidence of better outcomes
detachment from grief
better outcomes
distress/depression not universal
humor is therapeutic
failure to experience distress- not pathological
social functional approach (bonano/ketner)
recovery most likely when
emotions focused on pain/negative thoughts minimized
positive emotions enhanced
emotions are ephemeral (short-term)
greif is enduring state (up to 8 years)
social functional approach
focusing on negative
impedes functioning more severe grief health problems disrupted relationships pessimism hoplelessness
social functional approach
positive emotions
improve social relationships
positive responses from others
positive facial expressions
post-modern constructionist
view of grief
bonds w/deceased- enriched functioning
multiplicity of perspectives- different experiences
vacillating between avoiding/engaging in grief work
torill
emotions w/out being engulfed
stop focusing on pain when grief too much
variables of grief
personal family characteristics
concurrent stressors
relationship w/deceased
nature of death
other losses we mourn
relationship dream home job country
post modern social constructionist
acknowledges multiplicity of perspectives
individual struggles their own
vacillating between avoiding/engaging in grief work
meaning
making sense of the loss finding benefits (eg growth)
kubler-ross (five stages of dying)
shock/denial anger/resentment/guilt bargaining depression acceptance
kastenbaum (criticism)
no stages no linear direction description vs one way totality of coping influences
grief tasks model
accepting reality of loss
experience the pain of grief
adjusting to environment without withdrawing from emotional energy from past relationship