Thanatology - Lesson 2.3 Grief Theories

1. If parents of a child who died, keep the room of the child exactly like it was prior to death for 4 or 5 years, what type of denial are they experiencing according to Worden?

denial of facts / mummification

2. According to Worden, the task of accepting the reality of loss takes time, but is aided by what?

viewing the body

3. After the death of their father, two sons allowed their mother to go to the funeral, but then they went to great lengths to keep her busy so she would not cry. They did this by taking her out to various things, having someone stay with her every day and night, and not allowing her to be alone for any length of time. According to Worden, which task of mourning are they negating by their actions?

to work through the pain of grief

4. According to Worden, what are the three types of adjustment a person goes through following the loss of a loved one?

internal, external, and spiritual adjustments

5. Which of Worden's tasks of mourning involves the bereaved evolving some ongoing relationship with the thoughts and memories of the deceased and do this in a way that would allow them to continue on?

to emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life

6. Who developed the 4 tasks of mourning?

William J. Worden

7. List the four tasks of mourning?

to accept the reality of the loss; to work through the pain of grief; to adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing; to emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life

8. According to Worden, a person who does not accept the reality of death is in a form of denial. What three forms of denial does he believe a person may experience?

denial of facts; denial of the meaning of loss; denial of the irreversibility of loss

9. Describe Bargaining as a stage of grief according to Kubler-Ross.

attempting to make deals with God to stop or change the diagnosis by begging, wishing, praying not to die, or at least delay death

10. Who developed the theory known as the "Grief Syndrome" which included some type of bodily distress during grief?

Eric Lindemann

11. According to Kubler-Ross, what is the final stage of grief?

acceptance

12. List the 5 characteristics of the Grief Syndrome Theory developed by Erich Lindemann.

somatic/bodily distress; preoccupation with the image of the deceased; guilt relating to the deceased and the circumstances of the death; hostile reactions; the inability to function as one had before the death

13. List the 4 phases of grief according to Parkes and Bowlby listed in the notes.

shock & numbness; yearning & searching; disorganization & despair; reorganization

15. According to Bowlby and Parkes, during which phase of grief does the living deny the permanence of loss and usually show anger?

Yearning & Searching

16. Who developed the theory that includes 5 stages of grief which is abbreviated DABDA?

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

17. Who developed the 6 R Processes of Grief?

Theresa Rando

18. What are the 5 stages of grief according to Kubler-Ross?

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance

19. List the 6 Processes of Grief according to Rando.

Recognize the Loss; React to the separation of the loss; Recollect & Re-experience the deceased and the relationship; Relinquish attachments to the deceased & the old assumptive world; Readjust to move adaptively into the new world without forgetting the deceased; Reinvest in the "freed up" energy in a new life or identity

20. According to Kubler-Ross, what is the first stage of grief?

Denial