This mixed method retrospective pilot study empirically investigated the grief experience of
mothers of small children who were bereaved during motherhood. Prolonged Grief Disorder …

PURPOSE: This study explores parental grief on the death of a child of any age. STUDY
DESIGN: The sampling frame for the study consisted of 74 respondents reporting that they …

Conceptualizing parental grief as a psychosocial transition, this cross-sectional study of
bereaved mothers (N= 35) examined the relationship of dispositional factors, grief reactions …

Background. Health professionals have a critical role in supporting bereaved parents and
rely on models of grief to inform and guide their practice. However, different models, based …

Prolonged and intense grief frequently accompanies the death of a child. The bulk of
previous research suggests different decay slopes for the grief intensity of mothers and …

This qualitative study explored the evolution of maternal bereavement in the sudden,
unexpected death of a teenage child. A sample of 15 women was recruited through a …

Research has shown that the experience of losing a child Is by far the most painful. It is
documented that bereaved parents have more intense symptomatology than adults grieving …

This research explored the experience of six women whose mothers passed away during
their adolescence, defined as between the ages of 10 and 25 years, by using an inductive …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal grieving for
perinatal loss (PL) and the perception of and attachment to children born subsequent to a …

Background: Grieving adults raising parentally-bereaved minor children experience
persistently elevated symptoms of depression and grief. However, the factors associated …