PSYCH218 Study Guide - Final Guide: Family Therapy, Play Therapy, Gender Role
7 Feb 2016
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Relational level: loss and the family- a systemic perspective. Each culture in their own way offers assistance to the survivors and mourners: ex. In hong kong, mourners are given an envelope with a cloth, candy and a coin. In a family system"s perspective, loss is viewed as a transactional process: involves the deceased and survivors in a shared life cycle. In the past, there were high rates of mortality for infants, children and women in childbirth along with a much shorter life span: it was rare to grow up without experiencing a death in the immediate family. These days, people tend to hide death and this makes the process of adapting to loss more difficult. Studies have found that the death of a family member increases vulnerability to premature illness and death for the surviving members. A systems perspective on loss: murray bowen and norman paul.
