TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Life after parental death: monitoring a child's self-concept before and after family violence
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Ziller, Robert C.
A1  - Stewart-dowdell, Betty J.
SP  - 577
EP  - 586
VL  - 15
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481189108252546
ID  - ref1
ER  -