The nature of grief : the evolution and psychology of reactions to loss / John Archer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Archer, John, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Loss (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xiii, 319 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology. This innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction: what is grief?

chapter 2 The historical background to grief research

chapter 3 Accounts of grief from other sources

chapter 4 The biological context of grief

chapter 5 The grief process: an analytic approach

chapter 6 The grief process: holistic views

chapter 7 The resolution of grief

chapter 8 The mental processes of grief

chapter 9 An evolutionary view of individual differences in grief

chapter 10 The relationship with the deceased

chapter 11 Loss of a son or daughter

chapter 12 Death of a relative or friend

chapter 13 The influence of the age and sex of the bereaved

chapter 14 Conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-296) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-68351-0

1-134-68352-9

0-203-36065-6

1-280-05432-8

0-415-17857-6

9780203360651

OCLC:

70728591