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Grief reactions of parental couples: congenital handicap and cot death
Author(s) -
Nicholas Anthony M.,
Lewin Terry J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb128377.x
Subject(s) - grief , traumatic grief , depression (economics) , anxiety , psychology , disenfranchised grief , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
This study addresses the grief reaction of parental couples to congenital handicap and cot death. It was thought that the two groups would be similar in their response patterns and follow the sequential stages that are described in the literature on grief and bereavement, but that they would differ in the intensity and duration of their grief. Results indicate that, in the short term, parents who have experienced a sudden infant death have higher levels of unresolved grief and that, overall, mothers experienced greater anxiety and depression than did fathers.