@article{ref1,
title="Mental distress and family functioning among married parents bereaved by a child's sudden death",
journal="OMEGA - Journal of death and dying",
year="2005",
author="Lohan, J.A. and Murphy, S.A.",
volume="52",
number="4",
pages="295-305",
abstract="A child's sudden death is a highly traumatic event for parents and siblings. study examined mental distress and family functioning in a sample of 32 married couples that were part of a larger study of parents whose adolescent or young adult children had died suddenly by accident, suicide, or homicide. Parents were recruited into the study 4-7 months after the child's death. Cohesion, flexibility, and mental distress were the variables of interest, and individual scores were compared at three time points: baseline, 6 and 18 months later. The variables examined point to theoretical and practical problems clinicians might encounter when planning interventions with bereaved families to promote optimal coping, cohesion, and flexibility after a child's violent death. © 2006, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0030-2228",
doi="10.2190/FN94-P6RH-PMDL-UH0Q",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/FN94-P6RH-PMDL-UH0Q"
}