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Attitudes Toward Death Education and Grief Counseling
Author(s) -
ROSENTHAL NINA RIBAK
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1981.tb01648.x
Subject(s) - grief , death education , psychology , attendance , counselor education , medical education , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , higher education , nursing , medicine , political science , law , economics , economic growth
This article surveyed counselors and counselor educators across the nation regarding their attitudes toward death education and grief counseling. Results were compared to previous research in this area, and it was found that death education and grief training has increased significantly in recent years. Results also indicated that elementary school counselors were more willing than junior or senior high counselors to prepare teachers to help in the area of grief. The primary reasons given by counselors for not attending courses, workshops, or seminars on death education were that training was either not available or not convenient. Counselor educators' reasons for non‐attendance varied from time conflict to lack of interest.