Echoes of loss: An interpretive phenomenological study of the expressions of childhood bereavement after the death of a parent, in bereaved adults spousal and parental relationships.
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| Title: | Echoes of loss: An interpretive phenomenological study of the expressions of childhood bereavement after the death of a parent, in bereaved adults spousal and parental relationships. |
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| Authors: | Shorer, S. (AUTHOR), Mahat-Shamir, M. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Death Studies. 2026, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p782-792. 11p. |
| Subjects: | Parents, Wounds & injuries, Death, Bereavement in children, Qualitative research, Spouses, Parent-child relationships, Interviewing, Psychological adaptation, Allergies, Anxiety, Posttraumatic growth, Descriptive statistics, Thematic analysis, Research, Research methodology, Interpersonal relations, Phenomenology, Data analysis software, Adults |
| Abstract: | This qualitative study explored the long-term effects of childhood bereavement after the death of a parent on adult spousal and parental relationships. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we conducted in-depth interviews with nine Israeli adults who lost a parent in childhood. The study drew on the dual process model of coping with loss to examine how early loss of a parent is expressed through adult relationships. Three main themes emerged from the data: 1. perceptions of the early loss of a parent as trauma; 2. hypersensitivity and anxiety regarding further abandonment; and 3. 'live life to the fullest: restoration-oriented coping as growth stemming from a traumatic loss', which highlights possible posttraumatic growth. These findings contribute to our understanding of the complex, long-term impacts of childhood loss of a parent on adult relationships, describe some of its emotional mechanisms, and offer insights and clinical implications for clinicians and researchers working with bereaved individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This qualitative study explored the long-term effects of childhood bereavement after the death of a parent on adult spousal and parental relationships. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we conducted in-depth interviews with nine Israeli adults who lost a parent in childhood. The study drew on the dual process model of coping with loss to examine how early loss of a parent is expressed through adult relationships. Three main themes emerged from the data: 1. perceptions of the early loss of a parent as trauma; 2. hypersensitivity and anxiety regarding further abandonment; and 3. 'live life to the fullest: restoration-oriented coping as growth stemming from a traumatic loss', which highlights possible posttraumatic growth. These findings contribute to our understanding of the complex, long-term impacts of childhood loss of a parent on adult relationships, describe some of its emotional mechanisms, and offer insights and clinical implications for clinicians and researchers working with bereaved individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 07481187 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454510 |
