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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Umberson, Debra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parents--Death--Psychological aspects.

Parents.

Loss (Psychology).

Adulthood--Psychological aspects.

Adulthood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Summary:

When a parent dies, most adults are seized by an unexpected crisis that can trigger a profound transformation. Using in-depth interviews and national surveys, Dr Umberson explains why the death of a parent has strong effects on adults and looks at protective factors that help some individuals experience better mental health following the death than they did when the parent was alive. This is the first book to rely on sound scientific method to document the significant adverse effects of parental death for adults in a national population. Exploring the social and psychological risk factors that make some people more vulnerable than others, readers will come to view the loss of a parent in a new way: as a turning point in adult development.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 ORDINARY LOSS, EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE; 2 UNEXPECTED CRISIS; 3 SYMBOLIC LOSS; 4 TURNING POINT IN ADULTHOOD; 5 INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS; 6 THE NEXT GENERATION; 7 THE PARENT LEFT BEHIND; 8 MY BROTHER'S KEEPER; 9 RITE OF PASSAGE; APPENDIX DATA AND MEASURES; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13324-6

1-280-41976-8

0-511-18110-8

0-511-06475-6

0-511-20530-9

0-511-30816-7

0-511-50004-1

0-511-07321-6

OCLC:

57218425