Reflexive conversations with bereaved mothers: a feminist and contextual perspective

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dc.contributor.authorFarnsworth, Elizabeth Brooksen
dc.contributor.committeechairAllen, Katherine R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberArditti, Joyce A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFu, Victoria R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMaxwell, Joseph W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStremmel, Andrew J.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:17:40Zen
dc.date.adate2006-08-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:17:40Zen
dc.date.issued1994-03-30en
dc.date.rdate2006-08-14en
dc.date.sdate2006-08-14en
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the experiences and perspectives of 10 bereaved mothers were investigated. The research was guided by a feminist and contextual perspective. A contextual theory of stress supports an examination of the perspectives of individuals in families regarding the impact of stressful circumstances. Individuals are assumed to be both active and responsive to the social system which includes individual, dyadic, familial, social, community, and cultural levels of analysis. A feminist perspective emphasizes reflexivity, collaboration, emotionality, and accessibility in the process of research and focuses attention to broader cultural ideologies which influence the lives of individuals. Women's lives carry with them the assumption of motherhood and the protection of children. When a young child dies, mothers find themselves in a marginalized social categoryen
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 160 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08142006-110050en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08142006-110050/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39132en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1994.F376.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 30752096en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1994.F376en
dc.subject.lcshBereavement -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshInfants -- Death -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshMother and childen
dc.titleReflexive conversations with bereaved mothers: a feminist and contextual perspectiveen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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