Adolescent Encounters With Death, Bereavement, and Coping
, by Balk, David E.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780826110732 | 0826110738
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 3/1/2009
Over a decade has passed since the publication of Balk and Corr's groundbreaking Handbook of Adolescent Death and Bereavement. This new book, Adolescent Encounters With Death, Bereavement, and Coping, analyzes the challenges faced by adolescents coping with death, dying, and bereavement, and examines the new, unique circumstances and advances that have transpired over the last decade. The discussions include:
Contributors | p. xv |
Foreword | p. xix |
Preface | p. xxi |
Background | p. 1 |
Adolescent Development: The Backstory to Adolescent Encounters With Death and Bereavement | p. 3 |
Existential Phenomenology and the Relationship With Oneself | p. 4 |
Existential Phenomenology and the Relationship to Others | p. 4 |
Existential Phenomenology and the Relationship With the External World | p. 6 |
The Holistic Template: Cognitive Aspects | p. 6 |
The Holistic Template: Emotional Aspects | p. 8 |
The Holistic Template: Behavioral Aspects | p. 9 |
The Holistic Template: Physical Aspects | p. 10 |
The Holistic Template: Interpersonal Aspects | p. 12 |
The Holistic Template: Spiritual Aspects | p. 15 |
Some Concluding Comments | p. 16 |
References | p. 17 |
Young People Making Meaning in Response to Death and Bereavement | p. 21 |
Meaning Making | p. 22 |
Young People, Death, and Bereavement in Global Contexts | p. 25 |
Making Sense of the Evidence on Young People, Death, and Bereavement | p. 31 |
Conclusions | p. 34 |
References | p. 36 |
Ethics and Adolescent Grief Research: A Developmental Analysis | p. 39 |
Why Study Adolescents and Grief? | p. 40 |
The Right of Bereaved Adolescents to Participate in Research | p. 41 |
Informed Consent/Assent in Adolescent Bereavement Research | p. 42 |
An Analysis of Risks and Benefits in Developmental Context | p. 44 |
The Expanded Cyberworld of Adolescents: A New Research Arena | p. 49 |
Studying Bereaved Adolescents in Diverse Cultural Settings | p. 51 |
Conclusion | p. 53 |
References | p. 54 |
Death | p. 59 |
Adolescents, Accidents, and Homicides | p. 61 |
Developmental Systems Theory | p. 61 |
Overview and Statistical Portrait | p. 64 |
Adolescent Deaths From Unintentional Injuries | p. 68 |
Adolescents and Homicide | p. 69 |
Recapitulation of Factors Contributing to Adolescents' Deaths Resulting From Accidents and Homicide: Ecological Systems Theory | p. 73 |
Consequences for Understanding Adolescent Death and Bereavement | p. 74 |
References | p. 77 |
Adolescents and Suicide | p. 81 |
Risk/Protective Factors | p. 82 |
Prevention | p. 84 |
Intervention | p. 86 |
Postvention | p. 90 |
References | p. 93 |
Adolescents and HIV/AIDS | p. 99 |
Poverty | p. 101 |
Health and Schooling | p. 101 |
Fragmentation of Households | p. 102 |
Youth-Headed Households | p. 103 |
Guardianship | p. 104 |
Stigma and Social Support | p. 104 |
Coping With Dying Parents | p. 106 |
Multiple Losses | p. 107 |
Grief and HIV Status | p. 108 |
Psychological Distress Associated With Parental Death From AIDS | p. 108 |
Bereavement Interventions | p. 109 |
Conclusion | p. 110 |
References | p. 111 |
Adolescents Living With Life-Threatening Illnesses | p. 115 |
How Adolescents React to a Crisis | p. 115 |
Losses Mourned by Adolescents With Cancer | p. 117 |
Implications of Life-Threatening Illnesses for Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence | p. 121 |
Journey Through a Life-Threatening Illness: Experiences and Reactions of Adolescents With Cancer | p. 126 |
Life-Threatening Conditions Other Than Cancer | p. 135 |
Issues Arising | p. 136 |
Conclusion | p. 138 |
References | p. 138 |
Adolescents, Humor, and Death | p. 141 |
What Is Humor? | p. 142 |
What Kinds of Humor Are There? | p. 142 |
What Do We (Think We) Know About Teens and Humor? | p. 144 |
The Benefits of Humor | p. 146 |
Adolescents Grieving a Death and Humor | p. 148 |
Cultural Considerations | p. 151 |
Summary and Further Research | p. 152 |
References | p. 152 |
Adolescents, Technology, and the Internet: Coping With Loss in the Digital World | p. 155 |
The Appeal of Technology and the Internet Among Teenagers | p. 156 |
Online Communities of Bereavement | p. 157 |
Supercommunication: E-mail, Text Messaging, and Instant Messaging | p. 162 |
The Google Stage of Grief | p. 163 |
Potential Risks and Challenges in Cyberspace | p. 164 |
Implications for Clinicians, Death Educators, and Parents | p. 167 |
Implications for Research | p. 168 |
Conclusion | p. 170 |
References | p. 170 |
Bereavement | p. 175 |
Life as an Adolescent When a Parent Has Died | p. 177 |
The Impact of Losing a Parent for an Adolescent | p. 178 |
Adolescents and Service Engagement | p. 180 |
Assessing the Systems That Impact on Parentally Bereaved Adolescents | p. 182 |
Helpful Approaches When Working With Bereaved Adolescents | p. 188 |
Conclusion | p. 194 |
References | p. 194 |
Sibling Bereavement During Adolescence | p. 199 |
Self-Concept | p. 200 |
Emotional Reactions | p. 201 |
The Family Following Adolescent Sibling Bereavement | p. 202 |
Continuing Bonds | p. 205 |
Peer Relationships | p. 207 |
Sibling Death From Terminal Illness | p. 208 |
What Helps and What Hinders Bereavement Recovery | p. 209 |
Religion and Spirituality | p. 210 |
Sibling Suicide Survivors | p. 211 |
Effects on Schoolwork | p. 212 |
Summary Comments | p. 213 |
References | p. 214 |
Death of a Friend During Adolescence | p. 217 |
The Disenfranchised Nature of Adolescent Friend Deaths | p. 217 |
Importance of Adolescent Friend Deaths | p. 218 |
Reactions to the Death of a Friend During Adolescence | p. 221 |
Factors Affecting Reactions to Friend Death | p. 222 |
Adolescent Approaches to Coping With Friend Death | p. 226 |
The Role of Friends, Parents, and Educational Institutions in Supporting Adolescents Grieving the Death of a Friend | p. 228 |
Directions for Future Research | p. 231 |
References | p. 231 |
Adolescent Bereavement Over the Deaths of Celebrities | p. 237 |
The Nature of Celebrity | p. 240 |
Attachment Styles and Celebrity | p. 242 |
The Disenfranchised Nature of Celebrity Grief | p. 244 |
Social Functions | p. 245 |
Types of Loss | p. 246 |
Implications for Practice | p. 248 |
Implications for Future Research | p. 249 |
Conclusion | p. 249 |
References | p. 249 |
Adolescent Bereavement and Traumatic Deaths | p. 253 |
Traumatic Death | p. 253 |
Adolescent Development and Traumatic Grieving | p. 254 |
Relationships to Decedents | p. 257 |
Therapeutic Interventions | p. 261 |
Conclusion | p. 265 |
References | p. 267 |
Interventions | p. 271 |
Educating Adolescents About Death, Bereavement, and Coping | p. 273 |
An Example: A Community in Bergen County, New Jersey | p. 273 |
Death Education | p. 276 |
The Role of the School | p. 277 |
Community Grief | p. 279 |
Qualifications of Death Educators | p. 282 |
High School Death Education Curricula | p. 283 |
Models of High School Death Education Curricula | p. 285 |
Conclusion | p. 287 |
References | p. 288 |
Camps and Support Groups for Adolescents | p. 291 |
Needs and Responses | p. 292 |
Camps and Retreats for Adolescents | p. 293 |
Retreats for Teens With Serious Illnesses | p. 302 |
Specialized Grief Support Groups | p. 303 |
Summary | p. 306 |
References | p. 307 |
Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Adolescents With Life-Threatening Illnesses | p. 309 |
The Role of Psychotherapy | p. 310 |
Themes in Psychotherapy | p. 315 |
Implications for End-of-Life Care | p. 322 |
References | p. 324 |
Counseling Approaches for Bereaved Adolescents | p. 327 |
Rationales for Intervention | p. 328 |
The Treatment Process: Using What We Have Learned | p. 330 |
Treatment Approaches | p. 334 |
Concluding Comments | p. 342 |
References | p. 342 |
Therapy for Adolescents Experiencing Prolonged Grief | p. 345 |
Attributions and Meanings for Adolescents | p. 346 |
Traumatic and/or Stigmatized Deaths | p. 346 |
Current State of Research and Knowledge Base | p. 348 |
Clinical Implications of Working With Prolonged Grief in Adolescence | p. 350 |
Traumatic Grief | p. 350 |
Complicated Grief in Adolescents | p. 352 |
Clinical Considerations With Adolescent Rage | p. 352 |
Clinical Case Example | p. 353 |
Discussion and Clinical Implications | p. 356 |
References | p. 359 |
Interventions for Caregivers Suffering From Compassion Fatigue or Burnout | p. 363 |
Significant Developmental Issues | p. 363 |
Caregiving and Stress | p. 365 |
Grief in Caregivers | p. 368 |
Compassion Fatigue | p. 368 |
Burnout | p. 370 |
Avoiding and Managing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout | p. 371 |
Conclusion | p. 377 |
References | p. 378 |
Name Index | p. 381 |
Subject Index | p. 387 |
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