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Resolution of Parental Bereavement after a Perinatal Loss

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THEUT, SUSAN K., ZASLOW, MARTHA J., RABINOVICH, BETH A., BARTKO, JOHN J., MORIHISA, JOHN M.·1990·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
DOI 10.1097/00004583-199007000-00003
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This is a follow-up study of 25 middle-class, expectant, married couples who had experienced a perinatal loss (16 miscarriages, seven stillbirths, and two neonatal deaths) within the previous 2 years and who subsequently gave birth to a healthy child. The Perinatal Bereavement Scale (PBS) had been previously completed during the 8th month of the subsequent pregnancy and at 6 weeks postnatally. In this study, the PBS was completed 16 months after the birth of the subsequent child. The hypothesis was that the parents who experienced a late perinatal loss (stillbirth and neonatal death) would display more unresolved grief 16 months after the subsequent child was born compared to parents who had experienced an early loss (miscarriage). The late group mothers had significantly higher PBS scores than either the early group mothers or early group fathers at 16 months postnatally.

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  • Quantitative studies comparing grief responses of fathers and mothers after perinatal loss found lower levels of grief intensity in fathers.

    “A number of quantitative studies compared the grief responses of fathers and mothers after perinatal loss and found lower levels of grief intensity in the fathers.45-50”

    From Complicated grief after perinatal loss (2012) · cites this paper as [49]

    The Results and “Fathers versus mothers and grief resolution” sections report higher grief scores for mothers than fathers after late perinatal loss. The broader claim omits that qualification: mothers and fathers in the early-loss group did not differ significantly, and the late-loss difference was not statistically significant at the final time point. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. Freud, S. (1917), Mourning and Melancholia. Standard Edition, 14. London: Hogarth Press, 1957, pp . 243-258 .
  2. Kirkley-Best, E. (1981), Grief in response to prenatal loss: an argument for the earliest maternal attachment. Dissertation Abstracts Inter- national, (B) 42:2560.
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Authors
THEUT, S. K., ZASLOW, M. J., RABINOVICH, B. A., BARTKO, J. J., & MORIHISA, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Georgetown University (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
THEUT, SUSAN K.
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-07
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
521-525
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/00004583-199007000-00003
OpenAlex
W2103835156
Cited by
62
References
11
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
1.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Georgetown University
  • National Institutes of Health (2s07rr005360-30)
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • National Center for Research Resources (S07 RR5360)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
Keywords
perinatal loss, parental bereavement, unresolved grief, miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, expectant couples, parents
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Female, Fetal Death, Follow-Up Studies, Grief, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Parents, Pregnancy

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