The Unifying Difference: Dyadic Coping With Spontaneous Abortion Among Religious Jewish Couples
Abstract
In this study we examined the meaning of abortion in the religious Jewish sector on both the individual and the couple levels. In a qualitative, descriptive, interpretive-narrative study, semistructured interviews were conducted with five religious couples. Both members of each couple were interviewed separately. The findings show that although both members of the couple experienced spontaneous abortion as a loss, each expressed it in different ways and thus perceived it differently in the couple relationship. Men who demonstrated the ability to bypass their own pain and made an effort to respond to their partners’ distress motivated the women’s exit from the isolation cycle, and contributed to a sense of dyadic cohesion and to creating a meaning for their “togetherness.” These findings are discussed in the context of research and theoretical literature that deal with bereavement and mourning processes, and with constructing meaning for a pregnancy-related loss.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
A smaller number of studies have suggested potential benefits of this role, particularly among people who are instrumental grievers, for whom this role could provide purpose.
“However, a smaller number of studies have also suggested potential benefits of this role, particularly among people who are instrumental grievers, for whom this role could provide purpose [30, 41].”
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 [41]
Participants in three studies reported a struggle in recognising their transition into fatherhood and questioned if they had the right to the 'father' title following a loss.
“participants in three studies reported a struggle in recognising their transition into fatherhood, and questioned if they had the right to the ‘father’ title following a loss [41, 43, 46].”
From The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review (2017) · cites this paper as [46]
The existing body of research indicates that pregnancy loss may lead to a loss of identity related to both the anticipated father role, and the grief and loss associated with changes after a pregnancy loss.
“the existing body of research indicates that pregnancy loss may lead to a loss of identity related to both the anticipated father role, and the grief and loss associated with the changes which may come after a pregnancy loss [41, 43, 46].”
From The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review (2017) · cites this paper as [46]
Qualitative studies were generally of a high standard, with methodologies and analyses clearly reported and justified in the context of exploratory or understanding lived experience research aims.
“Qualitative studies were generally of a high standard, with methodologies and analyses (content [46, 55, 60, 64, 69], thematic [61, 65, 71, 72], grounded theory [59, 62, 68], autoethnographic [66], descriptive [83] and phenomenological [56–58, 73–75, 77–82]) clearly reported and justified in the context of ‘exploratory’ or ‘understanding lived experience’ research aims.”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
Other men in 10 studies reported less intense reactions, including stating that their partners experienced worse grief in comparison to them.
“However, other men in 10 studies (some overlapping with the above 14 studies) also reported less intense reactions, including stating that their partners experienced worse grief in comparison to them [56, 61, 69, 71–75, 78, 79].”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
For some men, the experience of loss led to questioning or challenging of their religious beliefs (two qualitative studies).
“However, the experience of loss for some men in two qualitative studies also led to questioning or challenging of their religious beliefs [66, 69].”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
Men who reported religious or spiritual beliefs found this to be a source of comfort in coping with their grief (eight qualitative studies).
“In eight qualitative studies, men who reported religious or spiritual beliefs also found this to be a source of comfort in coping with their grief.”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
In three studies, some men reported the supporter role was helpful, giving them a meaningful task to focus on.
“In three studies, some men reported feeling as though this supporter role was helpful, as it gave them a meaningful task to focus on [69, 73, 75].”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
For men in five studies, the need to support their partner came from a perception that she had a more intense grief reaction than themselves.
“For men in five studies, the need to support their partner explicitly came from a perception that she had a more intense grief reaction in comparison to themselves [59, 61, 69, 74, 79].”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
Some men in qualitative studies expressed less extreme reactions to loss, indicating representation of a range of experiences.
“However, some men in qualitative studies also expressed less extreme reactions to the loss, indicating representation of a range of experiences [56, 61, 69, 71–75, 78, 79].”
From Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model (2020) · cites this paper as [69]
Cites
Lincoln, Y. S., Guba, E. G., & Pilotta, J. J. (1985) · International Journal of Intercultural Relations · doi:10.1016/0147-1767(85)90062-8 · Cited by 45,787 · see citing works
Qualitative research and evaluation methods
Patton, M. Q. (1980) · Cited by 35,637 · see citing works
(1998) · Cited by 18,576 · see citing works
Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.)
Sharp, C. A. (2003) · Evaluation Journal of Australasia · doi:10.1177/1035719x0300300213 · Cited by 10,519 · see citing works
InterViews: An introduction to qualitative research interviewing
Flinders, D. J. (1997) · Evaluation and Program Planning · doi:10.1016/s0149-7189(97)89858-8 · Cited by 7,227 · see citing works
Kübler-Ross, E. (1975) · PubMed · Cited by 4,937 · see citing works
Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies
Adler, P. A., Adler, P., & Weiss, R. S. (1995) · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · doi:10.2307/2076552 · Cited by 3,590 · see citing works
(1986) · Cited by 3,447 · see citing works
Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation
Lieblich, A., Tuval‐Mashiach, R., & Zilber, T. (1998) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 2,251 · see citing works
Mishler, E. G. (1986) · Harvard University Press eBooks · doi:10.4159/9780674041141 · Cited by 2,031 · see citing works
Lieblich, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Zilber, T. (1998) · doi:10.4135/9781412985253 · Cited by 1,826 · see citing works
Assumptive Worlds and the Stress of Traumatic Events: Applications of the Schema Construct
Janoff‐Bulman, R. (1989) · Social Cognition · doi:10.1521/soco.1989.7.2.113 · Cited by 1,771 · see citing works
Bereavement: Studies of grief in adult life
(1976) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/0022-3999(76)90065-9 · Cited by 1,241 · see citing works
Qualitative Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy
McLeod, J. (2001) · doi:10.4135/9781849209663 · Cited by 1,166 · cited 4× · see citing works
“…the researcher aims to expose the meaning of the human phenomena out of personal awareness, thereby enabling a detailed, holistic understanding of the participant’s subjective processes and meanings without attempting to confirm or refute hypotheses (Creswell, 1998; McLeod, 2001; Padgett, 1998).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialAttachment and Loss: Sadness and Depression
Albert, S. M., & Bowlby, J. (1982) · Journal of Marriage and the Family · doi:10.2307/351282 · Cited by 1,068 · see citing works
Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research: Challenges and Rewards
Padgett, D. K. (1998) · Cited by 1,054 · see citing works
Quality control in qualitative research
Stiles, W. B. (1993) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/0272-7358(93)90048-q · Cited by 834 · see citing works
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner
Worden, J. W. (1982) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 802 · see citing works
Increasing the Generalizability of Qualitative Research
Schofield, J. W. (2009) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9780857024367.d8 · Cited by 654 · see citing works
Searching for the meaning of meaning: Grief therapy and the process of reconstruction
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000) · Death Studies · doi:10.1080/07481180050121480 · Cited by 591 · cited 1× · see citing works
“An additional explanation for understanding this process within the couple is based on the constructivist theory offered by Neimeyer (2000) and Neimeyer, Keesee, and Frotner (2000).”
BackgroundOn Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief through the Five Stages of Loss
Sogie-Thomas, B. (2006) · Journal of the National Medical Association · Cited by 555 · see citing works
Bowlby, J. (1961) · PubMed · Cited by 482 · see citing works
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Kübler-Ross, E., & Kessler, D. R. (2005) · Cited by 442 · see citing works
Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner
Rummans, T. A. (1992) · Patient Education and Counseling · doi:10.1016/0738-3991(92)90154-b · Cited by 304 · see citing works
Multiple Case Narrative: A qualitative approach to studying multiple populations
Shkedi, A. (2005) · Cited by 204 · see citing works
Shkedi, A. (2005) · Studies in narrative · doi:10.1075/sin.7 · Cited by 186 · see citing works
Beutel, M., Willner, H., Deckardt, R., Von Rad, M., & Weiner, H. (1996) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/0022-3999(95)00520-x · Cited by 141 · see citing works
A Waste of Life: Fathers' Experience of Losing a Child Before Birth
Samuelsson, M., Rådestad, I., & Segesten, K. (2001) · Birth · doi:10.1046/j.1523-536x.2001.00124.x · Cited by 138 · see citing works
Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner, 2nd ed.
Worden, J. (1991) · Cited by 124 · see citing works
Murray, S., & Powell, A. (2009) · Violence Against Women · doi:10.1177/1077801209331408 · Cited by 122 · see citing works
Ruddy, N., & McDaniel, S. H. (2015) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203123584-24 · Cited by 119 · see citing works
The grief response in the partners of women who miscarry
Johnson, M. P., & Puddifoot, J. E. (1996) · British Journal of Medical Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1996.tb01875.x · Cited by 89 · cited 1× · see citing works
“Nevertheless, only some men openly display their sense of bereavement, apparently because of society’s gender-based expectation that men should conceal their feelings (Beutel, Willner, Deckardt, Von Rad, & Weiner, 1996; Johnson & Puddifoot, 1996).”
BackgroundLayne, L. L. (2003) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00211-3 · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Effects of a Child's Death on the Marital Relationship: A Review
Oliver, L. E. (1999) · OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying · doi:10.2190/1l3j-42vc-be4h-lfvu · Cited by 77 · see citing works
The Psychological Effects of a Stillbirth on Surviving Family Members
Frain, J. D. D., Martens, L., Stork, J., & Stork, W. (1991) · OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying · doi:10.2190/a8vb-08xr-acgh-2gyg · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Pregnancy Loss: What It Means to Women Who Miscarry and Their Partners
Abboud, L. N., & Liamputtong, P. (2002) · Social Work in Health Care · doi:10.1300/j010v36n03_03 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
The health system and emotional care: Validating the many meanings of spontaneous pregnancy loss.
Corbet-Owen, C., & Kruger, L. (2001) · Families Systems & Health · doi:10.1037/h0089469 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Loss and meaning reconstruction: Propositions and procedures.
Neimeyer, R. A., Keesee, N. J., & Fortner, B. (2000) · Cited by 59 · see citing works
Smith, A. M. A., Rissel, C. E., Richters, J., Grulich, A. E., & de Visser, R. O. (2003) · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2003.tb00809.x · Cited by 52 · see citing works
Reproductive Decisions for Women With HIV: Motherhood's Role in Envisioning a Future
Barnes, D. B., & Murphy, S. (2009) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/1049732309332835 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death
Kohner, N., & Henley, A. (1992) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 49 · see citing works
PARTNER LOSS IN LATER LIFE: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN COPING SHORTLY AFTER BEREAVEMENT
Baarsen, M. I. B. V. G. B. (2001) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · doi:10.1080/108114401753201688 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Fielding, S. L., & Schaff, E. A. (2004) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/1049732304263677 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
Neuman, Y., Nadav, M., & Bessor, Y. (2005) · Journal of Pragmatics · doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2005.09.005 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Soloveitchik, J. B. (2002) · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Tai J. Mendenhall, A. L., & Hodgson, J. (2016) · The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling · doi:10.4135/9781483369532.n315 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Obst, K. L., Due, C., Oxlad, M., & Middleton, P. (2020) · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · doi:10.1186/s12884-019-2677-9 · Cited by 222 · see citing works
The impact of pregnancy loss on men’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review
Due, C., Chiarolli, S., & Riggs, D. W. (2017) · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · doi:10.1186/s12884-017-1560-9 · Cited by 140 · see citing works
“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.”
BackgroundMen and Miscarriage: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis
Williams, H. M., Topping, A., Coomarasamy, A., & Jones, L. L. (2020) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/1049732319870270 · Cited by 74 · see citing works
Obst, K. L., Oxlad, M., Due, C., & Middleton, P. (2021) · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · doi:10.1186/s12884-020-03514-6 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Men's lived experiences of perinatal loss: A review of the literature
Nguyen, V., Temple‐Smith, M., & Bilardi, J. (2019) · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology · doi:10.1111/ajo.13041 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
- Authors
- Hamama-Raz, Y., Hemmendinger, S., & Buchbinder, E.
- Affiliations
- Arial University Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel,
- Ariel University (IL)
- University of Haifa (IL)
- ORCID
- Buchbinder, Eli
- Venue
- Qualitative Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-01-11
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 251-261
- ISSN
- 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7557
- OpenAlex
- W2155153561
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- miscarriage, dyadic coping, grief, bereavement, mourning, couple relationships, meaning-making, dyadic cohesion
- MeSH terms
- Abortion, Spontaneous, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Judaism, Male, Pregnancy, Spouses, Young Adult
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
