Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-02-23DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2468169
Sook Ning Chua, Justin Edward Chong, Karen Yih Chee Lee, Vardha Kharbanda, Ying Ren, Nicole Pinheiro-Mehta, Sindusha Darshini, Lindsay Sheehan
{"title":"Exploring the stigma of suicide in Malaysia: Lived experience perspectives.","authors":"Sook Ning Chua, Justin Edward Chong, Karen Yih Chee Lee, Vardha Kharbanda, Ying Ren, Nicole Pinheiro-Mehta, Sindusha Darshini, Lindsay Sheehan","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2468169","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2468169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide-related stigma pervades both healthcare systems and communities, affecting individuals and their social circles. This study aimed to explore lived experience perspectives on the public stigma of suicide in Malaysia using community-based participatory research (CBPR). Nineteen individuals with a history of suicide ideation and/or suicide attempt attended 90-minute virtual focus groups conducted in 2022. Thematic analysis revealed 19 stereotypes, 7 prejudices, and 6 forms of discrimination. Stereotypes ranged from attention-seeking to weak faith, while prejudices included feelings of anger and fear. Discrimination manifested through avoidance and social rejection. Despite benevolent intentions, such actions sometimes hinder personal growth of the person with lived experience. While some findings echoed previous research, others highlighted unique Malaysian perspectives. Despite limitations, this study emphasizes the need to address culture-specific stigma, offering pathways for intervention. Understanding and combatting stigma remain critical for supporting individuals grappling with suicidal ideation and attempts in Malaysian society.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482478","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 : 2025-02-22DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2469144
Yael Wilchek-Aviad, Vered Ne'eman-Haviv
{"title":"Explaining suicidal ideation among divorced parents by coping strategies and personality characteristics: A mediation model.","authors":"Yael Wilchek-Aviad, Vered Ne'eman-Haviv","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2469144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2469144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study's purpose was to examine the variables related to suicidal ideation to identify the factors that may reduce the phenomenon. The study offers an innovative model that examines the combined effect of personality characteristics among populations with high suicidal ideation and their coping strategies with suicide ideation. Participants were 423 divorced parents, 275 men, and 148 women, who had been divorced for an average of seven years. It was found that the relationship between personality characteristics and suicidality was not direct for the most part, but was mediated by coping strategies, and that some combinations of personality characteristics and coping strategies were associated with higher suicidal ideation. Awareness of how the various personality characteristics and coping strategies affect suicidal ideation may be essential for the care provider. It may lead to a reduction in suicide rates through adapted intervention processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143476336","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 : 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2468823
Agustín de la Herrán Gascón, Pablo Rodríguez Herrero, Karim Ahmed-Mohamed, Pablo José García Sempere
{"title":"The Pedagogy of Death and education in the wake of the pandemic: Implications for comprehensive teacher education encompassing awareness and the biographical dimension.","authors":"Agustín de la Herrán Gascón, Pablo Rodríguez Herrero, Karim Ahmed-Mohamed, Pablo José García Sempere","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2468823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2468823","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pandemic has had a global impact on society and, consequently, also on schools. The aim of this study was to explore both teachers' attitudes toward an education that includes death, and the impact of the pandemic on the treatment of death in the classroom. A survey using the DEAS-T instrument was administered to a total of 192 teachers from Spanish schools. Among the most salient results were: (1) participants had a moderately positive attitude toward the Pedagogy of Death, with influential variables such as gender, teachers' academic profiles, and consequences of the pandemic; (2) the pandemic had made the subject of death somewhat more present in the classroom. Comprehensive teacher training in the Pedagogy of Death, encompassing awareness of the educational potential of death, didactic competences, and the biographical dimension of the teacher, is called for.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143457169","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 : 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2468175
Rivi Frei-Landau, David J Schonfeld
{"title":"Digital death education to promote pre-service teachers' grief literacy regarding childhood bereavement: A qualitative case study.","authors":"Rivi Frei-Landau, David J Schonfeld","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2468175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2468175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent decades, there has been increased advocacy for death education as well as grief literacy. Simultaneously, digital learning has been extensively integrated into higher education, particularly post-COVID-19. The study's aim was to explore the use of digitally-delivered death education training, related to childhood bereavement, to gain insight into participants' learning outcomes and the contribution of the digital platform. Employing a qualitative approach, data collection included open-ended reflections, a focus group, and semi-structured interviews with 32 pre-service teachers (PSTs), all of which were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings revealed three themes (values, knowledge, skills), each of which was divided into two categories (self-oriented, other-oriented), and nine subthemes denoting PSTs' learning outcomes. The analysis also indicated four aspects of the digital platform that facilitated these learning outcomes. The study provides theoretical insights alongside practical implications of using digitally-delivered death education to teach wide-scale best practices to support grieving children.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143457148","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 : 2025-02-05DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2460914
Gökmen Arslan, Deniz Say Şahin
{"title":"Perceived stress and death-related distress in older adults: Exploring the role of social support and emotional loneliness.","authors":"Gökmen Arslan, Deniz Say Şahin","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2460914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2460914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine whether emotional loneliness and social support mediated the association between perceived stress and death distress in older adults. The sample consisted of 524 older adults, aged between 65 and 88, living in an urban area in Türkiye (<i>M</i> = 70.05, <i>SD</i> = 5.01). Mediation analyses revealed that perceived stress is positively associated with death distress and emotional loneliness, and negatively associated with social support. Both social support and emotional loneliness mediate the relationship between perceived stress and death-related distress. Additionally, social support mediates the association between emotional loneliness and perceived stress with death distress in older adults. These findings underscore the importance of social resources in promoting mental health and well-being, and in mitigating the adverse effects of stress and loneliness on death-related feelings and thoughts in older adults. By providing emotional and practical assistance, social support can significantly enhance the mental health and well-being of older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188611","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 : 2025-01-29DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454506
Josephine A Tognela, Daniel Rudaizky, Kylie T Robinson, Hannah M Mason, Lauren J Breen
{"title":"Informal social support following bereavement: A scoping review of provider and recipient perspectives of helpful and unhelpful interactions.","authors":"Josephine A Tognela, Daniel Rudaizky, Kylie T Robinson, Hannah M Mason, Lauren J Breen","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Informal social support can both aid coping and be a source of distress following bereavement, prompting calls for investigating the features inherent in interactions between informal social supporter providers and the bereaved. Studies were identified by searching Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ProQuest, and ProQuest (dissertations and theses) to 18th January 2024. A total of 23 papers underwent quality appraisal and data extraction. Intended supportive interactions were significantly associated with perceived supportive interactions in 93% of the 14 quantitative studies. A narrative synthesis identified key components of helpful (e.g., aligning with the needs of the recipient) and unhelpful informal social support (e.g., provider discomfort). These results are incorporated into a proposed Interaction Model of Informal Social Support following Bereavement (IM-ISSB) to integrate the identified factors associated with helpful and unhelpful informal social support. This model presents a novel approach to understanding support interactions following bereavement.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143057904","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 : 2025-01-27DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454499
Bianca Fiorella Serrano Manzano
{"title":"Death before birth: An encounter between Prenatal Pedagogy and the Pedagogy of Death.","authors":"Bianca Fiorella Serrano Manzano","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454499","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prenatal death is shrouded in silences. One such silence is in education. The main objective of this essay is to approach the study of prenatal death from the point of view that pedagogy can and should contribute to the family, educational, health, and social spheres. The article is divided into three sections. In the first, the phenomenon of prenatal death is conceptualized and described, using a five-category classification. The second starts from the origins of pedagogy and explores its potential for the study of prenatal death by means of the Pedagogy of Death and Prenatal Pedagogy. Lastly, in the third section pedagogical principles and potential applications in different educational areas are presented. From this perspective, the article concludes that there is a need to encompass both disciplines in formal, nonformal, and informal education spaces, thereby enabling the development of more complete, complex, and conscious forms of education.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051946","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 : 2025-01-25DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454494
Elizabeth A Minton, Eric Krszjzaniek, Cindy Xin Wang, Alexa K Fox, Carissa M Anthony
{"title":"Cultural differences on baby loss experiences: A comparison of the US and New Zealand.","authors":"Elizabeth A Minton, Eric Krszjzaniek, Cindy Xin Wang, Alexa K Fox, Carissa M Anthony","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454494","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior research has shown that the death of a baby (whether it be through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss) can have profound effects on the parents involved. However, research has yet to adequately understand how these effects differ cross-culturally. Our research addresses these issues through a qualitative study of 47 bereaved mothers in the United States and New Zealand-cultures that have differing perspectives on death. Findings reveal that bereaved mothers in each country do not process grief the same but do have an equal end desire to find meaning and give back. In terms of processing grief, bereaved mothers in New Zealand rely more on spending time with the deceased, utilizing spirituality for comfort and connection, and prioritizing self-care. In contrast, bereaved mothers in the United States rely more on easy access to qualified counselors, utilizing religion for comfort and connection, and continuing parenting actions in the long-term.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143037351","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 : 2025-01-25DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2452486
Hope Blocksidge, Anja Wittkowski, Alexander E P Heazell, Debbie M Smith
{"title":"Fathers' experiences of perinatal death following miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death: A meta-ethnography.","authors":"Hope Blocksidge, Anja Wittkowski, Alexander E P Heazell, Debbie M Smith","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2452486","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2452486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Following a perinatal death, parents can experience mental health difficulties and social stigma around the loss that can lead to increased feelings of isolation. This meta-synthesis aimed to explore partners' experiences of perinatal death following miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. A search of six electronic databases resulted in the inclusion of 18 studies involving over 300 fathers. Using meta-ethnography five themes: were developed 1) The pain with loss, 2) state of shock, 3) suffering in silence, 4) disconnection from the self and others' and 5) coping. A lack of support available from services or familial support networks led to isolation. Coping strategies fostering open communication often allowed fathers to process the death of their baby, and many spoke positively of their ongoing connection with their baby that died. However, consequences of unhealthy coping mechanisms, including avoidance or blame, resulted in the father's disconnection from the self, others or the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143037354","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":"Perceptions of internal and external continuing bonds in bereaved individuals with and without prolonged grief disorder.","authors":"Emrah Keser, İrem Beril Karaçalık, Beyza Nur Öztaylan, Sevginur Tiryaki-Güven, Beyza Türkistan","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2454486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2454486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to compare individuals with and without a diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder in terms of the intensity of internal and external continuing bonds, as well as the extent to which they interpret these bonds as comforting, socially acceptable, and an inseparable part of their self-identity. The sample consisted of 229 bereaved adults (PGD: <i>N</i> = 27; non-PGD: <i>N</i> = 202). Results indicated that the PGD group experienced internal and external bonds more intensely, reporting higher scores for interpreting them as an inseparable part of self-identity and lower scores for interpreting them as socially acceptable. While the PGD group found external bonds more comforting than the non-PGD group, no such difference was observed for internal bonds. These findings suggest that, when assessing whether continuing bonds are adaptive or maladaptive, it is crucial to consider not only their internal or external nature but also how they are interpreted.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143022619","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}