William Worden, whose theory for working through grief was based on John Bowlby’s Attachment theory believed there were four major tasks to grieving, “accepting the reality of loss, working through the pain, adjusting to the new environment and relocating the deceased in order to move on (Granados, et al., n.d). Based on the interviews they found 5 strategies that children use to stay bounded to the parent; they try to find them; experience the deceased in some way, try to find a way to connect to them, Re-Membering, and keep a memento that belonged to them” (Granados, et al., n.d).
Hogan and DeSantis (1992) interviewed 157 adolescents who had lost a sibling, asking what they would say to their sibling if they could. They determined 6 groupings; “regretting, trying to understand, catching up, reaffirming, influencing and reuniting (Granados, et al.,