OmegaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1177/00302228221149804
Sonny Eli Zaluchu
{"title":"Interpretation about Death Rite of the Nias Ethnic and its Relation to Social Order.","authors":"Sonny Eli Zaluchu","doi":"10.1177/00302228221149804","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221149804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study reports on the description and analysis of death rituals that are a tradition of the Nias tribe in Indonesia. Descriptive discussion of rites and rituals of death using the perspective of cultural anthropology and the sociology of religion. In Nias belief, the spirits of the dead can be transferred into statues and become objects of worship, which are highly respected but also feared. Although Christianity has replaced tribal religion, the strength of tradition in the old beliefs persists to this day, so syncretism is unavoidable. The research findings show that death rituals become religious tools that maintain traditional values on the one hand and become legitimate tools to increase social status and cohesion in society. The rituals of death are integrated into social interactions where people carry out symbols and form social order. This finding proves that modern society's social cohesion is inseparable from tradition's role.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1155-1168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10525018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between Death Coping and Death Cognition and Meaning in Life among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Tingting Lv, Lezhi Li, Huiping Wang, Hong Zhao, Fengzhi Chen, Xiachan He, Huilin Zhang","doi":"10.1177/00302228231158911","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231158911","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To explore nurses' ability to cope with death and its relationship with death cognition and meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture. 1146 nurses from six tertiary hospitals were recruited. Participants completed the Coping with Death Scale, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and the self-made Death Cognition Questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the search for meaning, the understanding of \"good death\", receiving education related to life-and-death, cultural aspect, the presence of meaning, and the number of patient deaths experienced in career explained 20.3% of the variance in the ability to cope with death. Lacking a correct understanding of death, nurses are not sufficiently prepared to deal with death and their ability to cope with death is influenced by the unique cognition of death and the sense of the meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1528-1547"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10753010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2023-01-31DOI: 10.1177/00302228231154844
Ningning Zhou, Fei Ren, Guangyuan Shi, Jianping Wang
{"title":"Understanding the Relationship Between Peer Support and Grief/Growth in Chinese Shidu Parents: The Roles of Internalized Stigma and Stigma Resistance.","authors":"Ningning Zhou, Fei Ren, Guangyuan Shi, Jianping Wang","doi":"10.1177/00302228231154844","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231154844","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In China, families who have lost their only child are called shidu families. Support from similar others, or peer support, can help bereaved individuals adapt by reducing negative consequences and promoting positive changes. However, no research has examined the mechanism that mediates the effect of peer support on postloss adaptation. This article investigates the mediating roles of internalized stigma and stigma resistance in the relationship between peer support and grief/growth among Chinese shidu parents. In total, 208 shidu parents completed the required measurements. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. The results showed that peer support was negatively related to grief symptoms and positively linked with posttraumatic growth by reducing internalized stigma. The mediating effect existed only for informational support. The mediating role of stigma resistance was not significant. These findings provide valuable information for the mechanism of peer support and promote the development of interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1387-1405"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10591509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2023-01-17DOI: 10.1177/00302228231153252
Narendra Lamba
{"title":"Without Spouse: Phenomenology of Widowhood among Hindu Young Widows.","authors":"Narendra Lamba","doi":"10.1177/00302228231153252","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231153252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When a woman is widowed, it is a traumatic moment in her life. The pain would aggravate a widowed woman whose husband died at a younger age. This paper attempts to depict the lived experience of widowhood from the perspective of young Hindu widows by using a descriptive phenomenological approach guided by Husserlian philosophy. The selected widows for this study were under 45 years old when they had lost their husbands. This paper excerpts from the author's empirical study for his doctoral thesis. The article will focus on four major themes that emerged from analysing the transcribed data collected from seventieth widows through personal face-to-face interviews. These themes are grief, restrictiveness, suspiciousness, and loneliness, which will discuss elaborately throughout this article. The article advocates that researching the lived experience through a phenomenological approach can enhance understanding of any traumatic phenomenon humans encounter. This way, specific initiatives can be taken by the community, non-governmental organisations, etc., for better counselling and redressing widows' mental issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1299-1318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10231812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2023-02-15DOI: 10.1177/00302228231156945
Berna Aksoy, Esengül Kasikçi
{"title":"The Concept of a Good Death from the Perspectives of Nurses Caring for Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 in Intensive Care Unit.","authors":"Berna Aksoy, Esengül Kasikçi","doi":"10.1177/00302228231156945","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231156945","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have witnessed increasing numbers of cases of COVID-19 and associated deaths worldwide. Therefore, the purpose of this descriptive and cross-sectional study was to determine the perception of a good death and the factors contributing to it by nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU). It was carried out with nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in the ICU (<i>n</i> = 369). Data were collected using a questionnaire and the Good Death Scale. The mean score of the participants scale was 56.84 ± 7.51. In this study, nurses have seen as important statements that include \"ensuring a peaceful death\", \"being with their loved ones\", \"meeting a person's spiritual needs\", and \"having an opportunity to say goodbye\" for the good death. The factors contributing to the perception of a good death were gender, marital status, and feeling sad when caring for a dying patient (<i>p</i> < .05).</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1422-1436"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931877/pdf/10.1177_00302228231156945.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10744115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2023-01-19DOI: 10.1177/00302228231153460
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Fazel Frouzan
{"title":"Loneliness and Death Anxiety: Differences Between Active and Bedridden Older Men.","authors":"Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Fazel Frouzan","doi":"10.1177/00302228231153460","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231153460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical activity might be impact on death anxiety and loneliness in adult people. Accordingly, the present study examined loneliness and death anxiety in two groups of active and bedridden older men living in nursing homes in Yazd. This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on older men living in nursing homes in Yazd, Iran. The participants were 148 older men who were randomly selected. The instruments used to collect the data were the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S) and the Death Anxiety Scale One-way ANOVA was also used. The findings indicated the active older men scored lower in loneliness and death compared to the bedridden older men. Loneliness and death anxiety are important psychological components that are more common in inactive older than their active counterparts. Therefore, physical activity in old age can improve older adults' quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1319-1330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10551841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-06-11DOI: 10.1177/00302228251349370
Kenneth J Doka, J Eugene Knott, Therese A Rando
{"title":"Commemorating the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the University of Rhode Island Seminar on Death Education, August 1975.","authors":"Kenneth J Doka, J Eugene Knott, Therese A Rando","doi":"10.1177/00302228251349370","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228251349370","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1077-1078"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144276895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>When Death Hits You in Your Face, You Have to Listen\":</i> A Qualitative Investigation of Peer Bereavement Support Volunteers in Black American Communities.","authors":"Leslie Adams, Alison Athey, Kelli Brooks, Kimberly Lazarus, Aubrey DeVinney, Phillip J Leaf","doi":"10.1177/00302228231161816","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231161816","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Efforts to support grief in Black American communities are often under-recognized despite their potential to address negative mental health outcomes in this population. The aim of the current study was to qualitatively assess the community-level influence of bereavement support programs on predominantly Black communities in Baltimore, Maryland. Five focus groups (<i>n</i> = 23) were conducted with volunteers from a non-profit bereavement organization. Participants were queried about how their training may be sustainably applied as a community resource in Baltimore City. Thematic analysis from focus groups revealed three main themes: (1) enhancing feelings of belongingness fosters a sense of community cohesion, (2) use of bereavement support tools as a source of personal healing, and (3) applications of bereavement support in the community. Implications of our study support the widespread influence of peer-led bereavement support training to reduce the reverberating impact of personal and collective grief in Black American communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1628-1641"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10471771/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10141101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Portrayal of Suicide in Bollywood Movies Over Last Two Decades: A Content Analysis.","authors":"Gayatri Bhatia, Rahul Mathur, Manish Roshan Thakur","doi":"10.1177/00302228231161814","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231161814","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim</b>: To analyse Bollywood movies depicting suicides, released in last two decades, on content and scientific accuracy. <b>Methodology</b>: Online movie databases, blogs were accessed along with Google search to compile a list of movies portraying suicide (thought, plan, or act) in at least one character. Each movie was screened twice for details of character, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and scientific accuracy of depiction. <b>Results</b>: Twenty-two movies were analyzed. Most characters were middle-aged, unmarried, well educated, employed and affluent. Most common motives were emotional pain and guilt/shame. Most suicides were impulsive, method of choice was fall from height and resulted in death. <b>Conclusion</b>: Cinematic depiction of suicide may promote misconceptions among viewers. Alignment of cinematization with scientific knowledge is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1658-1668"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9137787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lived Experience of Caring for Dying Muslim Patients in Emergency Room: A Phenomenological Study.","authors":"Marzieh Beigom Bigdeli Shamloo, Nasrin Elahi, Kourosh Zarea","doi":"10.1177/00302228231153254","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231153254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Death is a natural part of life, which mostly occurs in the ER. This study described the meaning of nurses' lived experience of caring for critical and dying patients in the ERs. In this qualitative study, 13 nurses who was purposefully selected. Data were collected using in-depth individual interviews. Data analysis used van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The experiences of caring for the dying patient were divided into two parts: experiences in patients with acute and chronic problems. In patients with acute problems, four themes were extracted: fight to the death, no time for palliative and spiritual care, lacking support for the family, no privacy for peaceful death. In patients with acute problems, four themes were extracted: Facilitating a peaceful death, Allocating time for palliative and spiritual care, support for the family, Attention to privacy. Therefore, attention should be paid to the fields of care and its inadequacies.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1286-1298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10694916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}