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Title: | Grief of children following parental suicide | Contributor(s): | Ratnarajah, Dorothy (author) | Publication Date: | 2008 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11007 | Abstract: | • Project Title: The construction of meaning following parental suicide. • Research question: What meaning have children bereaved by parental suicide placed on this event and its aftermath throughout their developmental years and adult lives? • Aims: The primary aims were to explore the recollections of adults who had experienced parental suicide while they were children/adolescents; To understand the developmental history after suicide; the development of psychological and spiritual meaning systems and the development of resilience; Identify the nature of support and the timing of the support that would be most beneficial to the bereaved families and in particular, the surviving children; Understand more about vulnerability and the factors that affect coping; Identify the protective external factors that encourage moderation between stress, risk, coping and the building of resilience and how support services could be designed to facilitate resilience. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | 8th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society - Consequence of Loss: Resiliency and Complications in the Grief Experience, Melbourne, Australia, 15th - 18th July, 2008 | Source of Publication: | Presented at the 8th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111710 Health Counselling | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920410 Mental Health | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication |
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