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Anticipatory grief: an existential model for spiritual care
Author(s) -
Gatewood Alan E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.237
Subject(s) - grief , existentialism , constructive , psychology , meaning (existential) , psychotherapist , phenomenon , psychoanalysis , reflection (computer programming) , social psychology , epistemology , process (computing) , philosophy , computer science , operating system , programming language
This project sought through spiritual care, demonstrated in an intentional small group process, to promote theological reflection about meaningful living. The desired effect was to know the fact of one's death to be an impetus for life. Methodology entailed determination of issues the participants wanted addressed as well as delineation of the mechanics of the phenomenon of anticipatory grief. The project showed a positive correlation between a constructive sense of anticipatory grief and a sense of meaning for life. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.