Linking theory and intervention to promote resilience in parentally bereaved children.
- Författare
- Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Ayers, T.S., Tein, J., Coxe, S. & Chow, W.
- Titel
- Linking theory and intervention to promote resilience in parentally bereaved children.
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Redaktör
- Stroebe, M.S., Hansson, R.O., Schut, H. & Stroebe, W.
- Redaktör
- Stroebe, M.S., Hansson, R.O., Schut, H. & Stroebe, W.
- Stad
- Washington DC
- Utgivare
- American Psychological Association
- Sammanfattning
In this chapter, we describe the development and evaluation of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP), a theoretically derived intervention program for children who have experienced parental death. We first present a discussion of risk and protective factors for parentally bereaved children and discuss these within a general theoretical framework of resilience following adversity. We then discuss the modifiable risk and protective factors that were targeted for change in the FBP and the theoretical model underlying the program. Finally, we present evidence from the evaluation of the FBP, including assessment of mediators and moderators of program effects at posttest and short-term follow-up and findings from preliminary analyses at the 6-year follow-up. This research on a theoretically based intervention for bereaved children follows a similar program of research we have conducted with children from divorced families, and we discuss ways in which the findings with bereaved children replicate, and in some cases diverge from, findings regarding children in divorced families.