@article{ref1,
title="African-American teen girls grieve the loss of friends to homicide: meaning making and resilience",
journal="OMEGA - Journal of death and dying",
year="2010",
author="Johnson, Celeste M.",
volume="61",
number="2",
pages="121-143",
abstract="Few studies have examined the bereavement experiences of African-American teen girls who have mourned the loss of friends due to homicide. This qualitative study examined such bereavement experiences with a sample of 20 African-American teen girls, ages 16-19, living in a large northeastern U.S. city. Meaning making, adolescent developmental theory, ideas regarding traumatic loss, and resilience provided a framework to understand how these teens coped with the tragic loss of a friend. The teen girls in this study demonstrated resilience in their ability to adequately &quot;move on&quot; with their lives. They remained achievement oriented and sustained meaningful relationships with family, valued friends, and others. Early, metaphysical, and motivational meaning constructions contributed to the teens' resilience.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0030-2228",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}