1st Edition

Grief, Bereavement and Meaning Making in Older People Views from Rural China

By Haimin Pan Copyright 2020
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse. This book offers updated views from incorporating meaning making theory and social constructionist theory to examine the mediating roles of meaning making and help readers to... Read more
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter 1 – Background on Grief
Chapter 2 – Grief and Its Diversity
Chapter 3 – Meaning Making Theory and Traditioanl Culture
Chapter 4 – Perspectives from Meaning Making Model
Chapter 5 – Empirical Feedback of Bereaved Chinese Elders Based on Meaning Making Model
Chapter 6 – Helplessness in Bereaved Chinese Elders
Chapter 7 – Conclusion and Remarks
References
Appendix
Index

Biography

Haimin Pan is a former researcher at the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at City University of Hong Kong and now works in Xiamen University. She also gained her PhD from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.