PSYC 2219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dysfunctional Family, Magical Thinking, Homicide
28 Oct 2016
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Psyc 2219 - lecture 6 - death in the lives of children and adolescence. Death in the lives of children and adolescence. Children tend to be resilient in coping with tragedies in their lives. Adults play a crucial role in guiding a child by listening to concerns and communicating support for well-being. Family patterns and styles of communication influence a child"s or adolescent"s ability to understand and cope with loss. When a loss occurs in a child"s life, attempts are often made by adults to minimize its effects, shield them from the topic of loss or spare them the pain of bereavement. Children develop their own concepts of death, even when the topic is considered taboo. How a child experiences and copes with death is likely to correspond to his or her developmental phase. Reflects the influence of: age and stage of mental and emotional development, patterns of family interaction, relationship with person who died.
