Theories Of Grief Mourning Tutorial

Question 1

What are the five stages of grief?

Answer 1

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression/despair
Acceptance

Stages may repeat, not linear. Acceptance doesn’t mean grief is over it can come in glimpses throughout the stages as well.

Question 2

Explain the dual process model of grief

Answer 2

States that we go through this oscillating process which is said to be a beneficial coping strategy by going back and forth between loss oriented processes and restoration processes

Question 3

Traditional grief theories have focused on “letting go”, the five stages of grief. However, newer grief theories recognize the importance of

Answer 3

Maintains a bond with the deceased.

Old to new shifts from severing to maintaining bonds

Question 4

The focus of dealing with grief is now about how to change _____ to hold the relationship in a new perspective rather than on how to separate

Answer 4

Connections

Question 5

In new grief theories people expand their focus on ____ and ____

Answer 5

Cognition and meaning, in addition to emotion (post traumatic growth.

No endpoint to grieving

Question 6

The health of people who are bereaved (experience the loss of someone) may be affected in multiple ways such as

Answer 6

• more likely to suffer mental illness
• more likely to suffer physical illness
• higher rates of medication use, disability and hospitalization
• more likely to die