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What Children Wished They Had/Had Not Done and Their Coping in the First Thirteen Months after Their Sibling's

JoAnne M Youngblut1, Dorothy Brooten1

  • 1Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.

Journal of Palliative Medicine
|July 10, 2020
PubMed

Insights

Children wished they had spent more time with siblings and not been mean. Coping strategies included talking to others and resuming normal activities after a sibling's death.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Bereavement Studies
  • Pediatric Critical Care

Background:

  • Limited research exists on children's post-sibling death regrets.
  • Understanding children's wishes and coping mechanisms is crucial for support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine children's wishes regarding actions before and after a sibling's death.
  • To explore children's coping strategies following a sibling's death in NICU/PICU/ED settings.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative data from a longitudinal mixed-methods study.
  • Interviews with 6- to 18-year-olds at multiple time points post-death.
  • Conventional content analysis of responses to open-ended questions.

Main Results:

  • Children wished for more time with siblings, more positive interactions, and to have saved them.
  • Regrets included being mean, arguing, and suppressing emotions.
  • Coping involved talking, playing, remembering, crying, and resuming activities.

Conclusions:

  • Children express significant wishes about their interactions and actions concerning deceased siblings.
  • Talking to others and returning to routine activities are key coping mechanisms for bereaved children.

Keywords:
bereaved childrenintenstive care unit deathsibling death

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