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Perinatal death causes complex, embodied grief for parents. This study examines social factors influencing grief processing and clinical approaches to support grieving parents.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Sociology
Perinatal Health

Background:

Perinatal death results in profound, embodied grief, often leading to parental isolation.
Societal responses to parental grief vary, framing it as either a normal reaction or pathology.
Existing diagnostic categories for traumatic grief may not fully capture the parental experience.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore nomenclature surrounding traumatic grief after perinatal death.
To examine the influence of social support, attitudes, and context on parental grief processing.
To analyze how interpersonal and social structures impact grieving parents.

Main Methods:

Utilized a Social-Cognitive Processing Model framework.
Examined social support systems and parental attitudes.
Analyzed the role of interpersonal and social structures within the grieving context.

Main Results:

Grief following perinatal loss is deeply personal and socially influenced.
Societal perceptions can pathologize or normalize parental grief expressions.
The social context significantly shapes how parents navigate and express their loss.

Conclusions:

A nuanced understanding of grief requires considering social and interpersonal factors.
Clinical approaches should integrate humanistic and medicalized perspectives, acknowledging social context.
Interventions must address oppressive social structures impacting grieving parents.