Death of a parent : transition to a new adult identity / Debra Umberson.

By:

Umberson, Debra

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 255 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511500046
0511500041
9780511064753
0511064756
9780511181108
0511181108
9780511073212
0511073216
9780511205309
0511205309
9780521012966
0521012961

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death of a parent.DDC classification:

155.9/37/0854 22

LOC classification:

BF789.D4 U48 2003

NLM classification:

2003 K-562
BF 789.D4

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Contents:

Ordinary loss, extraordinary change -- Unexpected crisis -- Symbolic loss -- Turning point in adulthood -- Intimate relationships -- The next generation -- The parent left behind -- My brother's keeper -- Rite of passage -- Appendix: Data and Methods.

Summary: When a parent dies, most adults are seized by an unexpected crisis that can trigger a profound transformation of their beliefs, behavior, goals, and sense of self. Whether - and how - this loss is resolved can affect adults for the rest of their lives. Unlike other books on this topic, Death of a parent relies on national data as well as in-depth interviews to explore the social and psychological risk factors that make some people more vulnerable than others to depression, alcoholism, a weakened immune system, and other forms of personal crisis following this important loss. Dr. Umberson also looks at protective factors that help some individuals experience better mental health following the death than they did when the parent was alive. With the help of this book, readers will come to view the loss of a parent in a new way: as a turning point in adult development.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

When a parent dies, most adults are seized by an unexpected crisis that can trigger a profound transformation of their beliefs, behavior, goals, and sense of self. Whether - and how - this loss is resolved can affect adults for the rest of their lives. Unlike other books on this topic, Death of a parent relies on national data as well as in-depth interviews to explore the social and psychological risk factors that make some people more vulnerable than others to depression, alcoholism, a weakened immune system, and other forms of personal crisis following this important loss. Dr. Umberson also looks at protective factors that help some individuals experience better mental health following the death than they did when the parent was alive. With the help of this book, readers will come to view the loss of a parent in a new way: as a turning point in adult development.

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