In this volume, leading interdisciplinary scholars focus on three important themes in bereavement research: consequences, coping and care. In exploring the consequences of bereavement, authors examine developmental factors that influence grief both for the individual and the family at different phases of the life cycle. In exploring coping, they describe exciting new empirical studies about how people can and do cope with grief, without professional intervention. Until recently, intervention for the bereaved has not been scientifically guided and has become the subject of challenging differences of opinion and approach.
Chapters in the care section of the volume critically examine interventions to date and provide guidance for assessment and more empirically guided treatment strategies. The Handbook provides an up-to-date comprehensive review of scientific knowledge about bereavement in an authoritative yet accessible way that will be essential reading for researchers, practitioners, and health care professionals in the 21st century.
Preface
Contributors
- Introduction: Concepts and Issues in Contemporary Research on Bereavement
—Margaret S. Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson, Wolfgang Stroebe, and Henk Schut
Part I. Theory, Methodology, and Ethical Issues
- A Historical Overview of the Scientific Study of Bereavement
—Colin Murray Parkes - Grief, Bonds, and Relationships
—Robert S. Weiss - Emotion, Attachment, and Bereavement: A Conceptual Commentary
—Phillip R. Shaver and Caroline M. Tancredy - Quantitative or Qualitative? Measurement Issues in the Study of Grief
—Robert A. Neimeyer and Nancy S. Hogan - The Dynamics of Ethical Decision Making in Bereavement Research
—Alicia Skinner Cook
Part II. Consequences: The Bereaved Individual Across the Life Span
- Bereavement Experiences and Personal Growth
—Jeanne A. Schaefer and Rudolf H. Moos - Developmental Context of Childhood: Grief and Regrief Phenomena
—Kevin Ann Oltjenbruns - Bereavement During Adolescence: A Review of Research
—David E. Balk and Charles A. Corr - Parental Response to Child Loss Across the Life-Cycle: Clinical and Research Perspectives
—Simon Shimshon Rubin and Ruth Malkinson - Bereavement and Old Age
—Miriam S. Moss, Sidney Z. Moss, and Robert O. Hansson
Part III. Consequences: The Bereaved Individual in Social Context
- Grief From an Evolutionary Perspective
—John Archer - A Social Constructionist Perspective on Cultural Differences in Grief
—Paul C. Rosenblatt - Grief in Interpersonal Perspective: Theories and Their Implications
—Ester R. Shapiro - Meaning Making in Family Bereavement: A Family Systems Approach
—Janice Winchester Nadeau - Risk Factors in Bereavement Outcome: A Methodological and Empirical Review
—Wolfgang Stroebe and Henk Schut
Part IV. Coping: Basic Concepts and Their Measurement
- Models of Coping with Bereavement: A Review
—Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut - The Myths of Coping With Loss Revisited
—Camille B. Wortman and Roxane Cohen Silver - Processes of Grieving: How Bonds Are Continued
—Dennis Klass and Tony Walter - Assessment of Coping with Loss: Dimensions and Measurement
—Guus L. Van Heck and Denise T. D. de Ridder
Part V. Coping: Exploration of the Mechanisms
- Physiological Indices of Functioning in Bereavement
—Martica Hall and Michael Irwin - Grief and Emotion: A Social–Functional Perspective
—George A. Bonanno - Disclosing and Sharing Emotion: Psychological, Social, and Health Consequences
—James W. Pennebaker, Emmanuelle Zech and Bernard Rimé - Ruminative Coping and Adjustment to Bereavement
—Susan Nolen-Hoeksema - Revised Coping Theory and the Process of Bereavement
—Susan Folkman
Part VI. Care: Intervening in the Coping Process
- Psychotherapeutic and Pharmacological Intervention for Bereaved People
—Beverley Raphael, Matthew Dobson, and Christine Minkov - Traumatic Grief as a Distinct Disorder: A Rationale, Consensus Criteria, and a Preliminary Empirical Test
—Holly G. Prigerson and Selby C. Jacobs - Grief and Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy: The Reconstruction of Meaning
—Stephen Fleming and Paul Robinson - Physiological Effects of Bereavement and Bereavement Support Group Interventions
—Karl Goodkin, Teri T. Baldewicz, Nancy T. Blaney, Deshratn Asthana, Mahendra Kumr, Paul Shapshak, Barbara Leeds, Jack E. Burkhalter, David Rigg, Mary D. Tyll, Joshua Cohen, and Wen Li Zheng - The Efficacy of Bereavement Interventions: Determining Who Benefits
—Henk Schut, Margaret Stroebe, Jan van den Bout and Maaike Terheggen
Part VII. Retrospective on the New Handbook Editorial View
- Future Directions for Bereavement Research
—Margaret S. Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson, Wolfgang Stroebe, and Henk Schut
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
This book is an excellent addition to the reading list of any bereavement course for professional students. It is well-organized, interesting, and readable. It provides an up-to-date comprehensive review and raises intriguing questions for future theories and research.
—Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
An excellent resource that should be on the shelf of every health care provider, bereavement scholar, or counselor…
—CHOICE Magazine
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