PSY 3101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Prolonged Grief Disorder, Attachment Theory, Libido

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3101
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Losses are a fact of life and endings are loses; continuity in the experience of loss and bereavement. Personal in their impact attitudes change over a life span, age changes attitudes fear higher when young, peaks at middle age, lowest fear among elderly (individual diffs) Coping with death so(cid:272)ial support is i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t, greater (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e of e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g other"s death with age. Bereavement: objective event of loss, the actual death. Grief: perso(cid:374)"s e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al respo(cid:374)se to loss; total e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al respo(cid:374)se. Social roles the person played in your life i. e husband and wife relationship, father-daughter relationship: physical symptoms are a sign of unresolved grief, correlated to depression. Coping mechanisms positive by seeking medical health, psychological health, family support. Duration most acute and intense lasts about 4-6 wks but depends upon the closeness. Learns to accept the loss and reorients to life; prolonged grief is in terms of effects.