| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) |
| Contents |
Ordinary loss, extraordinary change -- Unexpected crisis -- Symbolic loss -- Turning point in adulthood -- Intimate relationships -- The next generation -- The parent left behind -- My brother's keeper -- Rite of passage -- Appendix: Data and Methods |
| Summary |
When a parent dies, most adults are seized by an unexpected crisis that can trigger a profound transformation of their beliefs, behavior, goals, and sense of self. Whether - and how - this loss is resolved can affect adults for the rest of their lives. Unlike other books on this topic, Death of a parent relies on national data as well as in-depth interviews to explore the social and psychological risk factors that make some people more vulnerable than others to depression, alcoholism, a weakened immune system, and other forms of personal crisis following this important loss. Dr. Umberson also looks at protective factors that help some individuals experience better mental health following the death than they did when the parent was alive. With the help of this book, readers will come to view the loss of a parent in a new way: as a turning point in adult development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects
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Loss (Psychology)
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Adulthood -- Psychological aspects
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Bereavement.
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Adulthood.
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Parent and child.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Bereavement
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Adult
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Parent-Child Relations
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Attitude to Death
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mourning.
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SELF-HELP -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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Parent and child
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Death -- Psychological aspects
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Bereavement
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Adulthood
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Adulthood -- Psychological aspects
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Loss (Psychology)
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Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects
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Changement (Psychologie)
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Enfant adulte.
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Enfant endeuillé
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Impact psychologique.
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Mort.
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Parent.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511500046 |
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0511500041 |
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9780511064753 |
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0511064756 |
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9780511181108 |
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0511181108 |
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9780511073212 |
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0511073216 |
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9780511205309 |
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0511205309 |
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