Parental grief reactions after an infant death

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Yıldırım, Şehnaz

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The aim of the present study was to examine whether there was a significant difference within each spouse2s reports on grief reactions after an infant death. It was also aimed to investigate whether demographic variables including gender, age, education of grieved parents, gender and age of deceased infant, presence of other children were predictors of parental grief reactions after an infant death. The sample of the present study consisted of 55 couples experiencing an infant death within the last 2 years. Sample was recruited through death records kept in hospital and municipalities of Ankara by the researcher. To test the hypotheses of the study paired samples t-test and stepwise regression analyses were performed. According to the results of the study, it was found that there was a significant difference within each spouse2s reports on despair, panic behavior, blame and anger, detachment, and disorganization as separate dimensions of grief. Mothers experienced higher levels of despair, panic behavior, blame and anger, detachment, and disorganization than fathers. There was no significant difference within each spouse2s score on personal growth. It was found that being a mother and having lost boy infant were proved as the predictors of parents2 higher levels of grief reactions. Age and education of grieved parents, age of deceased infant, presence of other children were not associated with parental grief reactions. It was found that younger age of deceased infant and presence of other children were proved as predictors of grieved parents2 higher levels of personal growth. The findings of the study were discussed with related literature.

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Grief, Infants, Psychology M.S. thesis, Infant death, Parental grief reactions, Personal growth, Gender differences, Demographic variables

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/1008614/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13862

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Ş. Yıldırım, “Parental grief reactions after an infant death,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.