Abstract
Parent Bereavement Stress and Preventive Intervention Following the Violent Deaths of Adolescent or Young Adult Children
Murphy S A
It is currently believed that effective intervention programs can reduce the negative consequences of stressful life events. This paper describes a 3 step process used to develop a theory based preventive intervention for parents whose 12-28 year old child has died 2-7 months previously by accident, homicide, or suicide. Assumptive world, family life cycle, victimization, & social support theories form the basis for matching parent bereavement stress with intervention strategies.