How Children Cope After A parent Dies
By: Mariah Elena Heras
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Sociology 305:09/10: Methods Of Social Research
Dr. Roseanne Macias
September 12, 15
My research topic is to show how children deal with the death of a parent. This is a subject that does not happen often, but has a substantial impact on the family dynamics and it does not get enough attention in the outside world; many children deal with the death of a parent and not grief about it properly because it gets pushed aside.
1) Poor, B., Poirrier, G. P., & National League for Nursing. (2001). End of life nursing care. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. 336-453
The author evaluates how children cop with death in …show more content…
, & Coyne, R. (2012). Loss of a parent by death: Determining student impact. Tarptautinis Psichologijos žurnalas: Biopsichosocialinis Požiūris, 109-123.
In this article the author explains how bereaved children experience enduring emotionally and have behavioral problems in school and do bad academically, because they are too distracted by the loss of the parent and that is because the children are not given enough time to grieve correctly before going back to school. The article ends with the conclusion that the death of a parent does affect the child emotionally in school, but not from learning.
3) Silverman, Ph.D. P. (2009). Raising Grieving Children: How Teenagers Cope The Author explains how teenagers can suffer mental health problems and go down the wrong path if the other parent or guardian don’t grieve with them over the loss of a parent. The article shared the reasons for 2 siblings engaging in criminal behavior. It turned out the children were being neglected. The father never really grieved and dealt with the issue by isolating himself. The children said that their family checked out on them and they felt like they needed assurance that everything was going to be …show more content…
(2014). A child in the face of a parent's death: Aspects of children's loneliness. Progress in Health Sciences, 4(1), 118.
A qualitative research was done on the children’s activities by age groups to determine who experience the most loneliness. It turned out that the children from 12-14 dealt with intense loneliness. Which made them be close the other family for support. The younger the child is the less it will understand and will not go through an intense feeling of loneliness.
5) Kress, V. , & Edgar-Bailey, M. (2010). Resolving child and adolescent traumatic grief: Creative techniques and interventions. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 5(2), 158-176. Lastly, the Author focuses on how to help children grief after a loss by being involved in creative techniques and interventions, like journaling, Role-playing life events, drawing, painting and doing collages. Teenagers often feel better talking about their loss, but is very hard for the to address it. This activity is a creative way of counseling to deal with
By: Mariah Elena Heras
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Sociology 305:09/10: Methods Of Social Research
Dr. Roseanne Macias
September 12, 15
My research topic is to show how children deal with the death of a parent. This is a subject that does not happen often, but has a substantial impact on the family dynamics and it does not get enough attention in the outside world; many children deal with the death of a parent and not grief about it properly because it gets pushed aside.
1) Poor, B., Poirrier, G. P., & National League for Nursing. (2001). End of life nursing care. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. 336-453
The author evaluates how children cop with death in …show more content…
, & Coyne, R. (2012). Loss of a parent by death: Determining student impact. Tarptautinis Psichologijos žurnalas: Biopsichosocialinis Požiūris, 109-123.
In this article the author explains how bereaved children experience enduring emotionally and have behavioral problems in school and do bad academically, because they are too distracted by the loss of the parent and that is because the children are not given enough time to grieve correctly before going back to school. The article ends with the conclusion that the death of a parent does affect the child emotionally in school, but not from learning.
3) Silverman, Ph.D. P. (2009). Raising Grieving Children: How Teenagers Cope The Author explains how teenagers can suffer mental health problems and go down the wrong path if the other parent or guardian don’t grieve with them over the loss of a parent. The article shared the reasons for 2 siblings engaging in criminal behavior. It turned out the children were being neglected. The father never really grieved and dealt with the issue by isolating himself. The children said that their family checked out on them and they felt like they needed assurance that everything was going to be …show more content…
(2014). A child in the face of a parent's death: Aspects of children's loneliness. Progress in Health Sciences, 4(1), 118.
A qualitative research was done on the children’s activities by age groups to determine who experience the most loneliness. It turned out that the children from 12-14 dealt with intense loneliness. Which made them be close the other family for support. The younger the child is the less it will understand and will not go through an intense feeling of loneliness.
5) Kress, V. , & Edgar-Bailey, M. (2010). Resolving child and adolescent traumatic grief: Creative techniques and interventions. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 5(2), 158-176. Lastly, the Author focuses on how to help children grief after a loss by being involved in creative techniques and interventions, like journaling, Role-playing life events, drawing, painting and doing collages. Teenagers often feel better talking about their loss, but is very hard for the to address it. This activity is a creative way of counseling to deal with