TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Mental distress and family functioning among married parents bereaved by a child's sudden death
JO  - OMEGA - Journal of death and dying
A1  - Lohan, J.A.
A1  - Murphy, S.A.
SP  - 295
EP  - 305
VL  - 52
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-2228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/FN94-P6RH-PMDL-UH0Q
ID  - ref1
ER  -