@article{ref1,
title="Life after parental death: monitoring a child's self-concept before and after family violence",
journal="Death studies",
year="1991",
author="Ziller, Robert C. and Stewart-dowdell, Betty J.",
volume="15",
number="6",
pages="577-586",
abstract="In a case study, the self-esteem of a first-grade child was monitored over an eight-month period, before and after she witnessed the death of her mother, who was shot by her father's female friend. Through a series of telephone interviews with the child's aunt, in whose care she was entrusted, it was suggested that the rapid rebound in the child's self-evaluation was attributable to personal and social controls deriving from her initially high self-esteem and the readily available social support system of the aunt and the extended family, which provided an immediate induction of hope. The study serves as a model for monitoring the personal impact of other critical life events.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481189108252546",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481189108252546"
}