%0 Journal Article %T Parent bereavement stress and preventive intervention following the violent deaths of adolescent or young adult children %J Death studies %D 1996 %A Murphy, Shirley A. %V 20 %N 5 %P 441-452 %X It is currently believed that effective intervention programs can reduce the negative consequences of stressful life events. The purpose of this paper is to describe a three-step process used to develop a theory-based preventive intervention for parents whose 12- to 28-year-old children had died 2 to 7 months previously by accident, homicide, or suicide. Assumptive world, family life cycle, victimization, and social support theories form the basis for "matching" parent bereavement stress with selected intervention strategies.

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