Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer

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dc.contributor.advisorKaminer, Debbieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLipshitz, Marcen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:37:06Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 86-93).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe loss of a child constitutes a crisis of meaning, as prior meaning structures and fundamental assumptions about the world are shattered, and the natural order of life and death is undennined. Traditional models of mourning, premised on Freud's 'grief work' approach, do not address the concept of meaning-making (cognitive mastery and renewed purpose) during the grieving process, and only recently have theoretical models begun to recognize the importance of meaning-making in adjustment postloss. Grounded theory analysis of semi-structured interviews was employed in order to learn how ten bereaved mothers, ranging from thirty-five to seventy-six years of age make sense of, and cope after, losing a child to cancer.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLipshitz, M. (2007). <i>Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8188en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLipshitz, Marc. <i>"Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8188en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLipshitz, M. 2007. Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lipshitz, Marc AB - The loss of a child constitutes a crisis of meaning, as prior meaning structures and fundamental assumptions about the world are shattered, and the natural order of life and death is undennined. Traditional models of mourning, premised on Freud's 'grief work' approach, do not address the concept of meaning-making (cognitive mastery and renewed purpose) during the grieving process, and only recently have theoretical models begun to recognize the importance of meaning-making in adjustment postloss. Grounded theory analysis of semi-structured interviews was employed in order to learn how ten bereaved mothers, ranging from thirty-five to seventy-six years of age make sense of, and cope after, losing a child to cancer. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer TI - Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8188 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8188
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLipshitz M. Meaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to cancer. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8188en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleMeaning-making processes among bereaved mothers who have lost a child to canceren_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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