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Book Chapter: Social Support for Bereaved People: A Reflection in Chinese Society
Title | Social Support for Bereaved People: A Reflection in Chinese Society |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
Citation | Social Support for Bereaved People: A Reflection in Chinese Society. In Chen, SY (Ed.), Social Support and Health: Theory, Research, and Practice with Diverse Populations, p. 209-222. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2013 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Losing a loved one through death can be the most stressful life event, yet most
people will encounter it during their life time. Even though the majority of this vast group
of people will return to normal function without any support, it is common to observe
various negative emotions among grieving people; such as despair, anger, bitterness,
guilt, and sadness, which are both intense and prolonged. Bereaved people need to deal
with the distress of losing their loved ones, as well as with other secondary stressors
associated with the death, such as financial difficulty due to the death of the sole bread
winner in the family. They thus have to face both psychological and tangible challenges.
Logically speaking, social support plays a significant role for the bereaved person in
facilitating adjustment to the loss as well as to changes that occur after the death under
such stressful circumstances. However, there are controversies over the notion of the
positive impact of social support on bereaved persons in existing empirical findings. The
most plausible explanation probably concerns the matching of offerings from supporters
and the expected needs of the bereaved people. This chapter will introduce the impact of
bereavement on the bereaved persons and the possible role of social support in the
adjustment process. Based on the Dual Process Model (Stroebe & Schut, 1999), which
describes the coping domains and process of grieving persons, we have proposed a
parallel model of social support in bereavement. Illustrating the concepts with qualitative
and quantitative data in three studies by the authors on Chinese bereaved persons, this
chapter attempts to offer a glimpse of the characteristics of social support for bereaved
people within the Chinese society as well as the effect of social support among Chinese
bereaved people. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/201635 |
ISBN | |
Series/Report no. | Social issues, justice and status series Health care in transition series |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, J | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sha, W | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chow, AYM | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-21T07:33:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-21T07:33:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Social Support for Bereaved People: A Reflection in Chinese Society. In Chen, SY (Ed.), Social Support and Health: Theory, Research, and Practice with Diverse Populations, p. 209-222. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781626186484 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/201635 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Losing a loved one through death can be the most stressful life event, yet most people will encounter it during their life time. Even though the majority of this vast group of people will return to normal function without any support, it is common to observe various negative emotions among grieving people; such as despair, anger, bitterness, guilt, and sadness, which are both intense and prolonged. Bereaved people need to deal with the distress of losing their loved ones, as well as with other secondary stressors associated with the death, such as financial difficulty due to the death of the sole bread winner in the family. They thus have to face both psychological and tangible challenges. Logically speaking, social support plays a significant role for the bereaved person in facilitating adjustment to the loss as well as to changes that occur after the death under such stressful circumstances. However, there are controversies over the notion of the positive impact of social support on bereaved persons in existing empirical findings. The most plausible explanation probably concerns the matching of offerings from supporters and the expected needs of the bereaved people. This chapter will introduce the impact of bereavement on the bereaved persons and the possible role of social support in the adjustment process. Based on the Dual Process Model (Stroebe & Schut, 1999), which describes the coping domains and process of grieving persons, we have proposed a parallel model of social support in bereavement. Illustrating the concepts with qualitative and quantitative data in three studies by the authors on Chinese bereaved persons, this chapter attempts to offer a glimpse of the characteristics of social support for bereaved people within the Chinese society as well as the effect of social support among Chinese bereaved people. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Nova Science Publishers | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Social Support and Health: Theory, Research, and Practice with Diverse Populations | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Social issues, justice and status series | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Health care in transition series | - |
dc.title | Social Support for Bereaved People: A Reflection in Chinese Society | en_US |
dc.type | Book_Chapter | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chow, AYM: chowamy@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Chow, AYM=rp00623 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 235049 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 209 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 222 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hauppauge, New York | en_US |