Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454505
Karima Joy, Susan Cadell, Elizabeth Peter, Pia Kontos
{"title":"\"The living need care\": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.","authors":"Karima Joy, Susan Cadell, Elizabeth Peter, Pia Kontos","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454505","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bereavement scholarship predominantly examines psychological aspects of grief, which neglects the role of social, economic, and political factors that shape the space to accommodate these experiences. Responding to calls for enhancing bereavement care, this research explores bereavement accommodation for workers in precarious employment in Ontario, Canada. Drawing on critical qualitative research and feminist ethics, this study employed in-depth interviews to generate knowledge on the everyday experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment. Participants expressed they were uninformed and unprepared for grief and practical bereavement labor, and that navigating the current context created tension, stress, exhaustion, isolation, and stigma. We argue the systemic neglect of bereavement is driven by socio-political forces that devalue relationality, stigmatize emotions, and render bereavement an individual responsibility. This research informs broad recommendations, including enhancing grief literacy, establishing safeguards for precarious workers, and creating more responsive care pathways and strategies for addressing individual and collective grief.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143022610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2452490
Ben White, Rachel Feeney, Lindy Willmott
{"title":"Community knowledge of voluntary assisted dying: a cross-sectional survey of the public in Queensland, Australia.","authors":"Ben White, Rachel Feeney, Lindy Willmott","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2452490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2452490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research, undertaken in Queensland, Australia aimed to explore community members' knowledge of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) 17 months after it became a lawful option. Adults living in Queensland (<i>n</i> = 1000) completed an online survey about knowledge of VAD as a legal option and awareness of how to access VAD and information about it. Quotas were set for age, gender and geographical region within Queensland. Only 33% (<i>n</i> = 329) of community members correctly identified that VAD is legal and fewer (26%, <i>n</i> = 257) reported that they would know how to access VAD if they wished to. Most community members (86%, <i>n</i> = 858) reported they would access information on VAD online, typically via search engines, and from health and medical practitioners, primarily doctors. Since lack of awareness and understanding are major barriers to seeking and accessing VAD, proactive measures are needed to increase awareness of VAD in the community and among potentially eligible patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143022612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2455282
Z Zeynep Selvili, Dennis Klass
{"title":"Continuing bonds or ongoing attachments? Exploring the distinction.","authors":"Z Zeynep Selvili, Dennis Klass","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2455282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2455282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines how attachment and bonds, while addressing the same phenomenon, rest on fundamentally different assumptions. We highlight two key distinctions between attachment theory and the continuing bonds model of grief, which are often conflated in their approaches to ongoing relationships with the deceased. Attachment theory frames continuing bonds as compensatory adaptations necessitated by the impossibility of reunion, emphasizing individual adaptation within an intrapsychic framework that often overlooks cultural and social contexts. In contrast, the continuing bonds model views these connections as evolving extensions of preexisting relationships, situating grief within intersubjective, relational, and cultural dimensions. By exploring these differences, we advocate for a nuanced understanding of grief that integrates autonomy and interdependence, honoring the enduring connections that shape our shared humanity.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454510
S Shorer, M Mahat-Shamir
{"title":"Echoes of loss: An interpretive phenomenological study of the expressions of childhood bereavement after the death of a parent, in bereaved adults spousal and parental relationships.","authors":"S Shorer, M Mahat-Shamir","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454510","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative study explored the long-term effects of childhood bereavement after the death of a parent on adult spousal and parental relationships. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we conducted in-depth interviews with nine Israeli adults who lost a parent in childhood. The study drew on the dual process model of coping with loss to examine how early loss of a parent is expressed through adult relationships. Three main themes emerged from the data: 1. perceptions of the early loss of a parent as trauma; 2. hypersensitivity and anxiety regarding further abandonment; and 3. 'live life to the fullest: restoration-oriented coping as growth stemming from a traumatic loss', which highlights possible posttraumatic growth. These findings contribute to our understanding of the complex, long-term impacts of childhood loss of a parent on adult relationships, describe some of its emotional mechanisms, and offer insights and clinical implications for clinicians and researchers working with bereaved individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143022616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2024.2443438
Michaela Barnard, Joanna Smith, Tony Long
{"title":"Parents' lived experience of support through their neonate's end of life and grief journey: An interpretative phenomenology study.","authors":"Michaela Barnard, Joanna Smith, Tony Long","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2024.2443438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2443438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medical and pharmacological advancements have influenced the ability to treat acutely ill neonates. However, complications of prematurity mean that death is unpreventable in some cases. The aim of this study was to explore parents' lived experiences of end of life care and their perceptions of support needs during and following the death of their baby in neonatal intensive care units in the United Kingdom. A qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis design was adopted. Unstructured interviews were undertaken with seven parents (five mothers and two fathers). Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyze the data. Four themes emerged from the analysis: 'the enormity of grief', 'redefining self and social relations', 'trying to survive' and 'routes to improved support'. Parents' experiences of neonatal care after the death of their baby were variable but all narratives highlight a grief that is deep and overwhelming. The Neonatal Grief Sandstorm visual tool, developed from the findings, has potential to support bereavement conversations between health professionals and parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454504
Daniel Martínez-Esquivel, Alfonso Miguel García-Hernández
{"title":"\"I know she's there\" meanings of continuing bonds for bereaved Costa Rican men: a qualitative study.","authors":"Daniel Martínez-Esquivel, Alfonso Miguel García-Hernández","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative study addresses a gap in knowledge regarding men's experience of the grieving process. Our limited understanding of the topic hinders the development of targeted support services. The study analyzes the meanings of continuing bonds for bereaved men in Costa Rica. It conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve participants; these were guided by a framework focusing on three key areas: mediators of mourning, continuing bonds, and meaning reconstruction. An analysis revealed five themes: loss emblems, mourners' ecology, memory landscapes, sense-based realities, and symbolic images. These themes suggest that the meanings attributed to continuing bonds facilitated the participants' personal growth, including the adoption of new values and personality changes, ultimately aiding adaptation to loss. These findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of men's grieving process, provide information on the development of gender-specific interventions for men and highlight the need for further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454500
Ernesto Colomo Magaña, Andrea Cívico Ariza, María Rubio Gragera, Alejandro Colomo Magaña
{"title":"Attitudes of future teachers toward death education: An analysis of the impact of multiple factors.","authors":"Ernesto Colomo Magaña, Andrea Cívico Ariza, María Rubio Gragera, Alejandro Colomo Magaña","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454500","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this research is to analyze the attitude of future teachers toward death education and which are the factors that influence their predisposition about it. For this, a quantitative study with a descriptive-inferential cross-sectional design was carried out with a sample composed of 204 Primary Education Degree students from the University of Malaga. The Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers was implemented as a validated instrument, in which biological, emotional, identity, contextual, formative and motivational factors were considered within the attitude's incidence. The results show a moderately positive attitude, with significant differences according to the mentioned factors (sex, loss of a beloved one, anxiety about death, religious belief, type of school, teaching method, particular interest about this topic, etc.). As a conclusion, there is a need to adopt educational policies that reformulate future teachers' initial training and that considerate emotional management toward death.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"I am still grieving my childhood\" - Loss and grief of children raised in families with addiction following the death of the parent.","authors":"Szilvia Kassai, Georgina Mucsi, Tímea Békési, Csaba Jancsák","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of our study presented in this paper is to explore the experiences of loss among children raised in families affected by addiction and the grieving process following the parent's death. Our empirical research analyzed written accounts from Hungarian individuals using qualitative psychological methods. The participants had parents affected by alcoholism, have lost one or both parents, and at least two years have passed since the bereavement. We conducted a thematic analysis of 78 written narratives, from which the study's findings emerged. Our research indicates that processing childhood losses-collectively referred to as a \"lost childhood\"-involves a much more intense grieving process than the death of the parent itself. Our findings highlight the importance of early intervention and support for children in families affected by addiction, and the need for guidance during the grieving process after losing a parent.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-19DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2452477
Lin Jiang, Wenli Qian, Jingjing Huang, Xinyi Yu, Wanyue Jiang, Renzhihui Tang, Zhongfang Fu, Jianping Wang
{"title":"Risk and correlates of prolonged grief disorder in bereaved Chinese university students.","authors":"Lin Jiang, Wenli Qian, Jingjing Huang, Xinyi Yu, Wanyue Jiang, Renzhihui Tang, Zhongfang Fu, Jianping Wang","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2452477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2452477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bereavement can present significant challenges for university students, yet the proportion at risk of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) remains unclear. This study examined the proportion at risk of PGD and associated factors among Chinese university students. Using an online survey administered to bereaved university students in mainland China (<i>N</i> = 948), 424 students (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i>=21.60, 56.1% female) reported a significant loss for more than 12 months. Chi-squared and <i>t</i>-tests were used to examine associations between PGD risk and related factors. Results showed 14.2% of the sample were at high risk of PGD. The most frequently reported symptoms were a marked sense of disbelief, intense emotional pain, and yearning for the deceased. PGD risk was associated with physical health, age and relationship to the deceased, expectedness and cause of death, resilience, and stress since the loss. Identifying these correlates can inform future prevention or intervention strategies for bereaved university students.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2452479
Polyxeni Stylianou, Michalinos Zembylas
{"title":"Capturing grief: Photovoice as a tool for learning and researching.","authors":"Polyxeni Stylianou, Michalinos Zembylas","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2452479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2452479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the application of photovoice as both an educational and research tool, examining its use to facilitate discussions on loss and grief with fifth- and sixth-grade students, as well as teachers undergoing in-service training in grief education within the Greek-Cypriot school system. Photovoice enabled participants to visually express personal stories related to loss and grief by responding to the question \"What do loss and grief mean to you?.\" Through group discussions, participants shared insights, feelings, and narratives connected to their photographs, deepening the understanding of grief as both a shared and individual experience. By creating captions or narratives for their images, they contextualized their feelings, adding layers of meaning. The findings indicate that photovoice fosters reflection, empathy, and awareness, supporting the aims of grief education. As a research tool, the photographs and narratives offer insights into addressing grief in the classroom, guiding educators and policymakers in curriculum development.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}