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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Grief Studies
  • Existential Psychology

Background:

  • Bereavement disrupts parents' perception of life's natural course, necessitating meaning reconstruction.
  • Parents face profound existential questions following the loss of a child.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore themes of meaning reconstruction in bereaved parents.
  • To analyze the relationship between meaning reconstruction, complicated grief, and posttraumatic growth (PTG).
  • To specifically examine these relationships in cases of traumatic and unexpected losses.

Main Methods:

  • A mixed-methods approach was used with 30 bereaved parents.
  • In-depth interviews assessed meaning reconstruction themes (sense-making, benefit-finding).
  • Standardized questionnaires measured PTG and complicated grief; data were merged.

Main Results:

  • 42 meaning reconstruction themes were identified, including causal explanations and philosophical beliefs (sense-making), and personal/social actions (benefit-finding).
  • Significant positive correlations were found between sense-making and PTG (r=0.49-0.54, p<0.01).
  • These correlations were stronger for traumatic/unexpected losses (r=0.63-0.67, p<0.01) and not significant with complicated grief.

Conclusions:

  • Meaning reconstruction themes, particularly sense-making, are crucial for posttraumatic growth in bereaved parents.
  • The findings highlight the adaptive role of meaning-making in coping with profound loss.
  • Meaning reconstruction appears distinct from the process of complicated grief.