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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      30 July 2009
      28 April 2003
      ISBN:
      9780511500046
      9780521813389
      9780521012966
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511500046
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.512kg, 264 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.329kg, 264 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Psychology, Health and Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry
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    When a parent dies, most adults are seized by an unexpected crisis that can trigger a profound transformation. Using in-depth interviews and national surveys, Dr Umberson explains why the death of a parent has strong effects on adults and looks at protective factors that help some individuals experience better mental health following the death than they did when the parent was alive. This is the first book to rely on sound scientific method to document the significant adverse effects of parental death for adults in a national population. Exploring the social and psychological risk factors that make some people more vulnerable than others, readers will come to view the loss of a parent in a new way: as a turning point in adult development.

    Reviews

    'Umberson comes to some truly illuminating conclusions … This clear insightful study provides a unique combination of research-based self-help and scholarly enterprise. Highly recommended …'

    Source: Library Journal

    'Provides a welcome benchmark for future research on the impact of a parent’s death on an adult child. It covers a wide range of topics, and thoughtfully considers implications of the findings … Should be of considerable interest to those who are doing research or are involved in clinical practice concerning dying, death, and bereavement.'

    Source: Death Studies

    'A book to be taken seriously. With so much richness of ideas, such diversity of issues addressed, and based on so much data, this book is essential reading for anyone who researches or teaches about bereavement following the death of a parent. Furthermore, this will be a useful, perhaps even cherished book for many who struggle personally with the death of a parent.'

    Source: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

    'A very comprehensive review … Umberson has provided an interesting work which spans various concerns that adults, from varying backgrounds and ages, have experienced with the loss of a parent … impressive … well organized … Umberson’s research makes powerful statements that resonate with one’s own experiences.'

    Source: Journal of Marriage and Family

    '… the book contains many reassuring snippets of advice for 'adult orphans', and the reflections of the interview participants will surely be of interest to others in similar circumstances, allowing them to compare and normalise their own responses.'

    Source: Cruse Bereavement Care

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