@article{ref1,
title="Healing the social self: How parents whose children were killed in terror attacks construct the experience of help",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2014",
author="Possick, Chaya and Shamai, Michal and Sadeh, Ruth Ann",
volume="50",
number="4",
pages="487-496",
abstract="This study focuses on expressed needs and structures of assistance received by Israeli parents whose children were killed in terror attacks. The loss takes place within a multi-systemic network that can be a healing force and/or a distorting factor in the grief process. The qualitative research paradigm employed privileges the knowledge of the parents themselves. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 parents. (1) The primary criterion that determines the parents' attribution of helpfulness is perceived inclusiveness. (2) The subsystem of &quot;family of the bereaved&quot; is salient in the healing process. (3) There is a clear preference for the services provided by NGO's as opposed to governmental agencies. (4) The bereaved parents engage the symbolic level of the macro-system-the heritage of the Jewish people. The article concludes with the practical implications of the findings for the development and delivery of psychosocial services to parents bereaved in terror attacks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-013-9631-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-013-9631-5"
}