What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action

Very few factors that impact the grieving process can be modified after the fact to the extent that social support can. However, social support has received limited research attention, resulting in little conceptual understanding of the mechanisms behind perceptions of, and intentions to support, gr...

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Main Authors: Logan, Emma, Thornton, Jennifer, Breen, Lauren
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63063
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description Very few factors that impact the grieving process can be modified after the fact to the extent that social support can. However, social support has received limited research attention, resulting in little conceptual understanding of the mechanisms behind perceptions of, and intentions to support, grieving persons. This systematic review aimed to explore bereaved, decedent, and respondent-related determinants of the provision of social support. The review yielded 42 studies impacted by various methodological and sampling limitations. This review poses a call to the field for more rigorous study of social support determinants to better assist the bereaved and their natural supporters.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-630632018-06-13T07:28:46Z What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action Logan, Emma Thornton, Jennifer Breen, Lauren Very few factors that impact the grieving process can be modified after the fact to the extent that social support can. However, social support has received limited research attention, resulting in little conceptual understanding of the mechanisms behind perceptions of, and intentions to support, grieving persons. This systematic review aimed to explore bereaved, decedent, and respondent-related determinants of the provision of social support. The review yielded 42 studies impacted by various methodological and sampling limitations. This review poses a call to the field for more rigorous study of social support determinants to better assist the bereaved and their natural supporters. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63063 10.1080/07481187.2017.1329760 Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle Logan, Emma
Thornton, Jennifer
Breen, Lauren
What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
title What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
title_full What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
title_fullStr What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
title_full_unstemmed What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
title_short What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
title_sort what determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? a systematic review and call to action
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63063