OmegaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-04-05DOI: 10.1177/00302228231169150
Abigail J Rolbiecki, Karla Washington, Kayla Posley
{"title":"\"Everybody Needs to Talk About Their Child\": A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Bereaved Parents' Experiences in Digital Storytelling.","authors":"Abigail J Rolbiecki, Karla Washington, Kayla Posley","doi":"10.1177/00302228231169150","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231169150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Digital Storytelling (DS) is a narrative intervention that supports participants' ability to find meaning in their life experiences - in this case, bereavement after child death. Thirteen (<i>N</i> = 13) bereaved parents engaged in a DS workshop in which they created a story about the death of their child. Using a descriptive phenomenological approach, researchers explored participants' experience with child death via their completed digital stories. Results highlight connection as a pathway to meaning making for bereaved parents who participate in DS, specifically in regard to connection with other bereaved parents and connection with their deceased child via telling their story.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"2037-2046"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9617409","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-04-05DOI: 10.1177/00302228231166803
Martin Lytje, Atle Dyregrov
{"title":"When Young Children Grieve: Perspectives from Day Care Staff on Supporting Parents and Children through Illness and Loss.","authors":"Martin Lytje, Atle Dyregrov","doi":"10.1177/00302228231166803","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231166803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how Danish day care institutions provide support to bereaved families based on accounts from staff members. Through eight focus groups, 23 employees from 8 day care institutions were interviewed. Subsequently, using thematic analysis, five themes were generated. These were: (1) coping with critical illness at the institution, (2) supporting parents at the time of death, (3) how day care institutions structured their response to illness and bereavement, (4) the staff's support needs and (5) advice for other staff and parents in a similar situation. The study finds that when a life-threatening illness and/or death enters the life of a child who attends day care, staff have a strong belief that their role is to support both child and parent(s). However, staff often perceive this as a difficult task and express the need for more guidance on how to provide support.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1930-1950"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12271630/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9348919","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-05-11DOI: 10.1177/00302228231170417
Monique Jayde Champion, Meegan Kilcullen
{"title":"Complicated Grief Following the Traumatic Loss of a Child: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Monique Jayde Champion, Meegan Kilcullen","doi":"10.1177/00302228231170417","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231170417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Complicated grief is a disabling condition that occurs when the natural grief process is disturbed or prolonged. Research demonstrates that complicated grief is more prevalent following the sudden or violent loss of a child. Despite the high incidence of accidental death worldwide, little research has focused on parental grief trajectories following this form of traumatic loss. A systematic review was conducted to explore parental bereavement outcomes following accidental death. Studies were included if they specifically examined complicated grief in parents bereaved by the accidental death of their child. A total of 767 articles were identified and seven studies met the eligibility criteria for review. Poorer outcomes were identified in relation to the mode of death, relationship type, time post-loss, perceived support, perceived justice and comorbidities. Results of the current study may be used to inform the development of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of complicated grief.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"2142-2164"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12271633/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9531856","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-03-16DOI: 10.1177/00302228231162736
Amy Burgess, Craig Murray, Anna Clancy
{"title":"Fathers' Relational Experiences of Stillbirth: Pre-natal Attachment, Loss and Continuing Bonds Through Use of Objects.","authors":"Amy Burgess, Craig Murray, Anna Clancy","doi":"10.1177/00302228231162736","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231162736","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to investigate fathers' lived experiences of stillbirth through the lens of continuing bonds and use of objects. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six fathers who had experienced stillbirth from 20 weeks gestation. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed five themes: loss and continued bonds in a mother-mediated dynamic, objects as manifestations of relational and meaningful memories, exerting existence and continued connection to others, continued bond through physical presence and evolving expressions of love and fatherhood. Findings offer a novel understanding of the relationship between objects and continued bonds, where objects are seen to facilitate this bond through varying means, including physical manifestation of the deceased and representation of the father-infant relationship. The study places importance on fathers' involvement in creating objects permeated with meaning and memories, and of validating fathers' experiences of loss rather than considering these men merely as partners of a mother who lost their own baby.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1779-1806"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308507/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9476292","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-04-07DOI: 10.1177/00302228231169139
Erin Donohue, Linda C Halgunseth, Laura Mauldin, Laura K M Donorfio, Keith M Bellizzi
{"title":"Parent-Child Grief Interactions: A Qualitative Analysis and Conceptual Framework of the Lived Experiences of Young Widowed Parents.","authors":"Erin Donohue, Linda C Halgunseth, Laura Mauldin, Laura K M Donorfio, Keith M Bellizzi","doi":"10.1177/00302228231169139","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231169139","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A young parent's death is an unexpected event that incurs family stress and grief for the surviving parent and young children. However, few studies have examined widowed parents' grief experiences and parent-child interactions following a co-parent's death. Guided by phenomenology, this qualitative study examined the lived experiences of (<i>N</i> = 12) surviving parents grieving the loss of their co-parent. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using an inductive analytic procedure. Findings included themes of (1) not showing grief with child; (2) talking through grief/emotions with child; (3) maintaining connection between deceased parent and child; (4) timing of sharing things with children; and (5) utilizing bereavement and group support. These findings suggest that support services for surviving parents include providing information to them about the timing of when to share mementos with children and psychoeducation on emotion sharing and masking as part of the grief process with young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"2062-2081"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9614757","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-04-13DOI: 10.1177/00302228231170675
Tience Debora Valentina, Firmanto Adi Nurcahyo
{"title":"Stigma and Suicide From the Perspective of Balinese Adults.","authors":"Tience Debora Valentina, Firmanto Adi Nurcahyo","doi":"10.1177/00302228231170675","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231170675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on stigma toward suicide has grown dramatically but limited is studying in Bali, Indonesia. This qualitative research conducted to explore the stigma and suicide from Balinese perspective. Eighty-four Balinese Hindus participated in this study, which 27.38% of them had a history of suicidal thoughts or attempted suicide. Our research found that the cultural belief of Balinese view suicide as an act of ulah pati, which means taking death inappropriately and for an inappropriate reason, which carries the consequence that the suicidal person and the family will incur bad karma. Public stigma and self-stigma toward suicide exist among Balinese, i.e. the act of suicide due to a mental disorder and people who die by suicide are weak. The findings of this study suggest mental health professionals and local governments to pay attention to Balinese cultural belief and Hinduism religious teaching to prevent suicide.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"2165-2182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9290608","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-05-10DOI: 10.1177/00302228231174492
Ling Yang, Bing Fang, Xiwen Ou, Wenjing Zhang, Yuyang Cai
{"title":"Commemoration and Emotional Sustenance: A Text Analysis of Students' Motivations Behind Online Mourning of Dr Li Wenliang.","authors":"Ling Yang, Bing Fang, Xiwen Ou, Wenjing Zhang, Yuyang Cai","doi":"10.1177/00302228231174492","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231174492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As one of the first doctors issued a protective warning to the public, Dr. Li Wenliang was known as \"whistleblower\" of COVID-19 pandemic. After his death of COVID-19, students entered to his Sina Weibo to display their condolences and sorrow. We conduct text analysis and sentiment classification to investigate the motivation behind online mourning for Dr. Li among students on Sina Weibo. Our results indicate that, a) there always more than one motivation behind online mourning exists in each time period. b) continuing connection and semi-interaction with the deceased is the main motivation when students mourn online. c) there exists positive correlation between the influence of the deceased and the motivation--sharing information with the community of fans and creating social support in a time of loss and social support. d) the motivation--honoring the dead and expressing sadness and resentment can gradually lose over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"2283-2303"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9535583","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-03-14DOI: 10.1177/00302228231161759
Marissa Lammon
{"title":"Drawing Disney: Analyzing Artistic Reinterpretations of Disney Deaths.","authors":"Marissa Lammon","doi":"10.1177/00302228231161759","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231161759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disney's notably traumatic character deaths have been the focus of several academic studies that identify the potential harm of witnessing animated deaths during childhood; however, these studies have almost exclusively examined death images within film without looking to images that exist external to the media texts themselves. This paper addresses such limitations by uniquely examining how audiences use/produce images to offer reinterpretations of popular death scenes in Disney films. The components of user-generated images, descriptions, and comments on deviantart.com indicate that audiences utilize creative expression to communicate the traumatic experience of viewing character deaths during childhood, change elements that are frustratingly inaccurate, and re-write narratives to challenge assumptions of sympathy. Such an analysis considers what these artistic expressions might suggest about the decoding of animated death by consumers and encourages new ways of thinking about the consumption and interpretation of death narratives.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1693-1721"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9119059","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":"Risk Factors in Japanese Drug Overdose Patients: Identifying Their Associations With Suicide Risk.","authors":"Naomichi Okamoto, Atsuko Ikenouchi, Enkhmurun Chibaatar, Keita Watanabe, Ryohei Igata, Issei Seki, Reiji Yoshimura","doi":"10.1177/00302228231166970","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231166970","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several suicide attempts presented at the emergency department are due to drug overdose associated with psychiatric disorders. We examined and identified the major risk factors among Japanese drug overdose patients and several close associations of suicide risk. We enrolled 101 patients who attempted suicide by drug overdose between January 2015 and April 2018, assessed their background using the SAD PERSONS scale, and performed association rule analysis to characterize the major risk factors and their associations. We identified three main nodes-depressive state, social support lacking, and no spouse-as considerable risk factors. Furthermore, we identified several close associations of suicide risk and their intensity; in cases with previous suicide attempts and ethanol abuse or substance use, a simultaneous social support lacking is likely. These findings align with previous studies that used conventional statistical analysis on suicide and suicide attempt risk and highlight its importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1951-1962"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9246972","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 : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2023-04-15DOI: 10.1177/00302228231169801
Marion Wilson
{"title":"'\"Where did Your Offending Come from?\" It's Not Unusual for Someone to Say it was the Death of a Parent': Proposed Prisoners' Grief Overload Theory.","authors":"Marion Wilson","doi":"10.1177/00302228231169801","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228231169801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The term <i>overload</i> has become recognised as a useful descriptor for the intense effect of stress following bereavement. This paper draws attention to the far-reaching effects of overload contributing to illegal activity. Both the intensity of the grief reaction and the propensity for criminal behaviour need to be contextualised in light of one another. Prisoners' Grief Overload theory is proposed. The theory will demonstrate how a grieving person's choice of maladaptive coping can damage the individual, society and the prison community in terms of safety and security, health and welfare. The phenomenon has economic, legal and political ramifications. Qualitative research undertaken in 2017 at 'HMP North of England', a male category C prison, will help illustrate theory generation.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"2119-2141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9311245","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}