Spirituality And Bereavement Flashcards
What are the phases of normal grief?
Numbness
Pining and anger
Disorganisation and despair
Reorganisation
What is the Kubler-Ross grief cycle?
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Sadness
Acceptance
What are pathological grief reactions?
Extended grief reactions
Mummification and denial
Can lead to major depressive disorder that occurs 2 months after loss
What are the characteristics of acute grief?
Intense response immediately after a loss with:
—> Somatic or bodily distress like shaking, sweating and yawning
—> Preoccupation with the image of the deceased
—> Guilt relating to death circumstances
—> Developing traits of the deceased
What are the social impacts of grief?
Absent-mindedness
Loss of interest in things that were once pleasurable
Social withdrawal
Dreams of the deceased
Sleep and appetite disturbances
What are Worden’s tasks of mourning?
Accept the reality of the loss
Work through the pain of the grief
Adjust to the new reality
Emotionally re-locate the deceased and move on with life
What is the psychological impact of the loss of a close person?
Forced to confront your own mortality
Traumatic undermining and crisis of worldview
Loss of the person’s emotional and functional role in the present and future
Which factors affect the severity of grief?
Nature of relationship —> closeness and meaningfulness
Developmental stage of griever
Expectedness and manner of death
What are the dimensions of religious commitment?
Extrinsic vs intrinsic
Liberal vs orthodox
Moral values vs religious commitment
Cultural vs Believing
How does religious belief affect bereavement?
Belief in afterlife and continued existence
Religious funeral rituals which aid the grief process and recruit social support
Provides a defence against a fear of death
Continued attachment to the deceased through prayer
What are Hindu beliefs of death?
Belief that the soul never dies and an individual is reborn. It is a process of evolution which depends on the good deeds you have done in life. There is 12 days of morning to allow the soul to reincarnate and liberated, so mourning cannot be prolonged.
What are Sikh beliefs of death?
The soul reincarnates, while the body is typically disposed of through cremation. Death allows them to move through the cycle and become closer to God.
What are Muslim beliefs of death
Death is predetermined and there is a belief of an afterlife and the circumstances depend on the good and bad deeds that a person has committed.
What are the Christian beliefs of death?
Belief of an afterlife, which is determined by your belief in Jesus Christ and that the deceased are in a better place.
