549
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Ambiguous loss after shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma: parental management of dialectical contradictions of grief

References

  • Afifi, T. D., & Keith, S. (2004). A risk and resiliency model of ambiguous loss in postdivorce stepfamilies. Journal of Family Communication, 4(2), 65–98.
  • Archer, J. (1999). The nature of grief: The evolution and psychology of reactions to loss. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Attig, T. (2001). Relearning the world: Making and finding meanings. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.), Meaning reconstruction and the experience of loss (pp. 33–54). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Atttig, T. (1996). How we grieve: Relearning the world. New York, NY: Oxford.
  • Barr, R. G. (2012). Preventing abusive head trauma resulting from a failure of normal interaction between infants and their caregivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(Suppl 2), 17294–17301. doi:10.1073/pnas.1121267109
  • Baxter, L., Braithwaite, D., Golish, T. D., & Olson, L. (2002). Contradictions of interaction for wives of elderly husbands with adult dementia. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 30, 1–26. doi:10.1080/00909880216576
  • Baxter, L. A., & Montgomery, B. M. (1998). A guide to dialectical approaches to studying personal relationships. In B. M. Montgomery & L. A. Baxter (Eds.), Dialectical approaches to studying personal relationships (pp. 1–16). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Baxter, L. A., & Montgomery, B. M. (1996). Relating: Dialogues & dialectics. New York, NY: Guilford.
  • Blieszner, R., Roberto, K. A., Wilcox., K. L., Barham, E. J., & Winston, B. L. (2007). Dimensions of ambiguous loss in couples coping with mild cognitive impairment. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 56(2), 196–209. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00452.x
  • Bonanno, G. A. (2001). New direction in bereavement research and theory. American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 718–726.
  • Bonanno, G. A., & Field, N. P. (2001). Examining the delayed grief hypothesis across 5 years of bereavement. American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 798–817. doi:10.1177/0002764201044005007
  • Boss, P. (1999). Ambiguous loss. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  • Brown, B. B., Werner, C. M., & Altman, I. (1998). Choice points for dialecticians: A dialectical-transactional perspective on close relationships. In B. M. Montgomery & L. A. Baxter (Eds.), Dialectical approaches to studying personal relationships (pp. 1–16). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Caplan, G., Mason, E. A., & Kaplan, D. M. (2000). Four studies of crisis in parents of prematures. Community Mental Health Journal, 36, 25–45. doi:10.1023/A:1001800626553
  • Coffey, A., & Atkinson, P. (1996). Making sense of qualitative data: Complementary research strategies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Conville, R. L. (1998). Telling stories: Dialectics of relational transition. In B. M. Montgomery & L. A. Baxter (Eds.), Dialectical approaches to studying personal relationships (pp. 1–16). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Creswell, J. W. (1994). Research design: Qualitative & quantitative approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Davis, C. G., Lehman, D. R., Wortman, C. B., Silver, R. C., & Thomson, S. C. (1995). The undoing of traumatic live events. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 109–127. doi:10.1177/0146167295212002
  • Davis, C. G., & Nolen-Hoeskema, S. (2001). Loss and meaning: How do people make sense of loss? American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 726–741.
  • Golish, T. D., & Powell, K. A. (2003). `Ambiguous Loss’: Managing the dialectics of grief associated with premature birth. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20(3), 309–334. doi:10.1177/0265407503020003003
  • Hematoma, S. (2013). Harvard health publishing: Harvard medical school. Retrieved from www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/subdural-hematoma-
  • Huebner, A. J., Mancini, J. A., Wilcox, R. M., Grass, S. R., & Grass, G. A. (2007). Parental deployment and youth in military families: Exploring uncertainty and ambiguous loss. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 56(2), 112–122. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00445.x
  • Joyce, T., & Huecker, M. R. (2019, February). Pediatric abusive head trauma. NCBI. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499836/
  • Klass, D. (2001). Continuing bonds in the resolution of grief in Japan and North America. American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 742–763. doi:10.1177/00027640121956476
  • Kubler-Ross, E. (1969). On death and dying: What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy & their own families. NY: Scribner.
  • Lee, C., Barr, R. G., Catherine, N. M., & Wicks, A. (2007). Age-related incidence of publicly-reported shaken baby syndrome cases: Is crying a trigger for shaking? Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, 28(4), 288–293. doi:10.1097/DBP.0b013e3180327b55
  • Lee, R. E., & Whiting, J. B. (2007). Foster children’s expressions of ambiguous loss. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 35(5), 417–428. doi:10.1080/01926180601057499
  • Leininger, M. (1994). Evaluation criteria and critique of qualitative research studies. In J. M. Morse (Ed.), Critical issues in qualitative research methods (pp. 95–115). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Miller, T. R., Steinbeigle, R., Lawrence, B. A., Peterson, C., Florence, C., Barr, M., & Barr, R. G. (2018). Lifetime cost of abusive head trauma at ages 0–4, USA. Prevention Science, 19(6), 695–704. doi:10.1007/s11121-017-0815-z
  • Montgomery, B. M., & Baxter, L. A. (Eds). (1998). Dialectical approaches to studying personal relationships. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Nadeau, J. W. (1998). Families making sense of death. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications, Inc.
  • National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.dontshake.org/learn-more#2016
  • Nolen-Hoeksema, S., & Larson, J. (1999). Coping with loss. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • O’Brien, M. (2007). Ambiguous loss in families of children with autism spectrum disorders. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 56(2), 135–146. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00447.x
  • Powell, K. A., & Afifi, T. D. (2005). Uncertainty management and adoptees’ ambiguous loss of their birth parents. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 22(1), 129–151. doi:10.1177/0265407505049325
  • Powell, K. A., & Matthys, A. (2013). Effect of suicide on siblings: Uncertainty and the grief process. Journal of Family Communication, 13(4), 321–339. doi:10.1080/15267431.2013.823431
  • Preventing Abusive Head Trauma in Children. (2019, February 26). Centers for disease control and prevention. Retrieved from www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childmaltreatment/abusive-head-trauma.html
  • Rawlins, W. K. (1983). Negotiating close friendship: The dialectic of conjunctive freedoms. Human Communication Research, 9, 255–266. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1983.tb00698.x
  • Rawlins, W. K. (1989). A dialectical analysis of the tensions, functions, and strategic challenges of communication in young adult friendships. In J. A. Anderson (Ed.), Communication yearbook 12 (pp. 157–189). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Rawlins, W. K. (1992). Friendship Matters: Communication, Dialectics, and the Life Course. New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.
  • Rawlins, W. K., & Holl, M. R. (1988). Adolescents’ interaction with parents and friends: Dialectics of temporal perspective and evaluation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 5, 27–46. doi:10.1177/0265407588051002
  • Rosenbloom, C. A., & Whittington, F. J. (1993). The effects of bereavement on eating behaviors and nutrient intakes in elderly widowed persons. Journal of Gerontology, 48, S233–S229. doi:10.1093/geronj/48.4.S223
  • Sanders, C. M. (1989). Grief: The mourning after. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Stroebe, M. (2001). Bereavement research and theory: Retrospective and prospective. American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 854–865. doi:10.1177/0002764201044005010
  • Tatelbaum, J. (1980). The courage to grieve. New York, NY: Lippincott & Crowell.
  • Toller, P. W. (2005). Negotiation of dialectical contradictions by parents who have experienced the death of a child. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 33(1), 46–66. doi:10.1080/0090988042000318512
  • Wheeler, I. (2001). Parental bereavement: The crisis of meaning. Death Studies, 25, 51–66. doi:10.1080/07481180126147
  • Wortman, C. B., & Silver, R. C. (2001). The myths of coping with loss revisited. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe, & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, and care (pp. 47–62). Washington: American Psychological Association.
  • Wortman, C. B., & Silver, R. C. (1989). The myths of coping with loss. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 349–357. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.57.3.349
  • Youngblut, J., & Brooten, D. (2006). Pediatric head trauma: Parent, parent–child, and family functioning 2 weeks after hospital discharge. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31(6), 608–618. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj066
  • Zisook, S., & Shuchter, S. R. (2001). Treatment of depressions of bereavement. American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 782–797. doi:10.1177/0002764201044005006

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.