Parental bereavement: A comparison between mothers and fathers' grief experiences and coping strategies after a death of a child due to cancer

• Main Authors: Cruz, Roxanne H., Gomez, Marie B., Tuvera, Sarah T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Grief; Parents > Psychology; Attitude to Death; Children > Psychological aspects; Bereavement > Psychological aspects; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7884
• Institution: De La Salle University

In this study, the researchers described the similarities and differences of Filipino mothers and mothers in their grief experience and ways of coping upon the death of a child due to cancer. Ten parents, composed of 5 mothers and 5 fathers, were interviewed. Qualitative content analysis was used to...