Children's Psychological Distress Following the Death of a Parent

Data from 83 families with schoolage children in which a parent had died of cancer during the preceding 19 months indicate that the child's perception of the surviving parent's openness in parental communication was found to be significantly correlated with lower levels of depressive sympt...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1999-04, Vol.28 (2), p.165-180
Main Authors: Raveis, Victoria H, Karus, Daniel, Siegel, Karolynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Age
Anxiety
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer
Child psychology
Children
Children & youth
Communication
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Death
Death & dying
Early Adolescents
Emotional Development
Emotional Response
Family Environment
Family Relationship
Family Size
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender
Gender Differences
Grief
Males
Parent Child Relationship
Parental death
Parents
Parents & parenting
Predictors
Psychological distress
Psychological Patterns
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology
Siblings
Thanatology
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Summary:Data from 83 families with schoolage children in which a parent had died of cancer during the preceding 19 months indicate that the child's perception of the surviving parent's openness in parental communication was found to be significantly correlated with lower levels of depressive symptoms and state anxiety in the children. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1023/A:1021697230387