The grief response in the partners of women who miscarry
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Research over the last two decades has revealed that significant psychological effects may ensue for women who suffer spontaneous abortion. The psychological impact on their male partners has been largely overlooked. This paper examines the psychological impact on the male partners of 126 British women who suffered miscarriage. Higher than anticipated levels of grief and stress were found on the Perinatal Grief Scale and the Impact of Events Scale respectively, indicating that these men were strongly affected by the miscarriage. The duration of the pregnancy prior to miscarriage, and the experience of confirmatory imaging of the foetus via routine ultrasound scan, were factors related to raised levels of grief and stress. A small number of semi‐structured interviews appeared to confirm that some men displayed symptoms of Bowlby's (1961) first stage of bereavement. These were modified by differences in the expected role behaviour of men, but in other respects were comparable to the findings of a recent study of an Australian cohort of women who miscarried (Conway, 1995).
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A smaller number of studies have found similar grief intensity between men and women.
“However, a smaller number of studies have found similar grief intensity between men and women [24, 25], or even higher levels of grief in men [26].”
From Factors contributing to men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal death: further development of an emerging model in an Australian sample (2021) · cites this paper as [25]
In Johnson and Puddifoot's mixed methods study, men scored high in grief similar to that expected for women.
“men in Johnson and Puddifoot’s [18] mixed methods study scored high in grief similar to that expected for women”
From The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review (2017) · cites this paper as [18]
Almost all quantitative studies and a smaller number of qualitative studies primarily included men as part of a heterosexual couple, with men often recruited through their female partners.
“almost all of the quantitative studies [7, 16–18, 23–35, 37, 38] and a smaller number of the qualitative studies [39, 40, 46] primarily included men as part of a heterosexual couple, with men often recruited through their female partners.”
From The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review (2017) · cites this paper as [18]
Relatively few quantitative or qualitative studies recruited only fathers, or aimed specifically to explore men's experiences of loss.
“Relatively few quantitative [18, 25, 27, 32, 33, 35] or qualitative studies [10, 42–45, 47] recruited only fathers, or aimed specifically to explore men’s experiences of loss.”
From The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review (2017) · cites this paper as [18]
In an all-male cohort, grief responses after miscarriage were at a similar level to those of women.
“Johnsson and Puddifoot51 had slightly different findings: they evaluated an all-male cohort and showed that grief responses were at a similar level to those of women after miscarriage.”
From Complicated grief after perinatal loss (2012) · cites this paper as [51]
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- Authors
- Johnson, M. P., & Puddifoot, J. E.
- Affiliations
- Teesside University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Puddifoot, John E.
- Venue
- British Journal of Medical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1996-12
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 313-327
- ISSN
- 0007-1129 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2091034984
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Medical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- miscarriage, male partners, grief, psychological impact, stress, perinatal grief, ultrasonography, gestation length, bereavement, expectant fathers
- MeSH terms
- Abortion, Spontaneous, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, England, Female, Gestational Age, Grief, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, Spouses
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