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Adaptation of a Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families in Sweden
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, PRC.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2786-1997
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, PRC. Capio Palliativ vård Dalen.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2711-0245
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, PRC. Karolinska institutet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8185-781X
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, PRC. Uppsala universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5523-8126
2019 (English)In: Death Studies, ISSN 0748-1187, E-ISSN 1091-7683, Vol. 45, no 7, p. 528-537Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article aims to describe the adaptation of the evidence-based Family Bereavement Program to a Swedish context. Empirical support indicating that family communication is a protective factor for parentally bereaved children was used to motivate the focus of the intervention. Modules from the Family Bereavement Program manual were translated, culturally adapted, and modified to fit a family format. The manual for the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention was pilot-tested with two families, which resulted in minor modifications being made to the manual. Therapists reported that they could follow the manual and adapt it to children’s varying ages.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. Vol. 45, no 7, p. 528-537
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
The Individual in the Welfare Society, Palliative Care
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URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7953DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1661883ISI: 000489480300001PubMedID: 31584356OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-7953DiVA, id: diva2:1387776
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The Kamprad Family Foundation, 20150044Familjen Erling-Perssons Stiftelse
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Publication status in dissertation: Epub ahead of print

Publication year in dissertation: 2019

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Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola

Available from: 2020-01-22 Created: 2020-01-22 Last updated: 2021-11-25Bibliographically approved
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1. Development and Evaluation of the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families in Sweden
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Development and Evaluation of the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families in Sweden
2020 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Each year in Sweden, approximately 6,900 children will have a parent diagnosed with cancer. Of all the children in Sweden born between 1990–1992, 5.6% have a parent with cancer and 1.1% of them have already had a parent die from cancer. Bereavement support is an important component in palliative care, which aims to alleviate the physical, psychological, and spiritual suffering of patients and their family members. Several, but not all families participating in the studies in this thesis came from a palliative care setting. Earlier research has shown that parentally bereaved children often experience psychological problems, physical problems, reduced self-esteem, difficulties communicating,school and behavioral problems, and/or complicated grief, with approximately 10% of parentally bereaved children experiencing some type of clinically significant psychological difficulty. Moreover, a child’s response to a parent’s death is often mediated by how their surviving parent responds to the loss. Still, support for bereaved children and families is limited in Sweden. The overall aim of this research project was to explore and describe psychological health, grief, and family communication among parentally bereaved children and surviving parents and to develop and evaluate a supportive family intervention. Four studies were conducted including an interview study exploring family communication in parentally bereaved families, a questionnaire study examining associations between family communication and psychological health in parentally bereaved children and adolescents, and the adaptation and evaluation of the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention. Results from these four studies indicated that communication may be an important factor for adjustment following the death of a parent. Specifically, communication in some parentally bereaved families may involve conflict, which may in turn affect child and adolescent psychological health. Results from testing the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention indicate that it may improve family communication and relationships. Testing the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention with larger, more diverse samples is necessary to confirm these results. The results imply that helping families find ways to adjust and adapt in healthy ways following the death of a parent, potentially through the Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention, is likely to improve psychological health and communication among bereaved family members.

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Stockholm: Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, 2020. p. 107
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Avhandlingsserie inom området Människan i välfärdssamhället, ISSN 2003-3699 ; 2
Keywords
Children, Parental Bereavement, Family Communication, Psychological Health
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
The Individual in the Welfare Society, Palliative Care
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urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7956 (URN)978-91-985808-0-8 (ISBN)
Public defence
2020-02-21, 13:00
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Available from: 2020-01-28 Created: 2020-01-22 Last updated: 2023-09-22Bibliographically approved

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