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Att förlora ett barn i suicid : En kvalitativ studie av hur könsnormer i samhället påverkar suicidefterlevande föräldrars sätt att beskriva sorgeprocessen

Jönsson, Catrin LU (2018) SOPA63 20181
School of Social Work
Abstract
To lose a child in suicide - A study about how gender norms in society affect the relatives of a deceased and their grieving process

Background: Suicide is a comprehensive problem which majorly affects the relatives of the person who commit suicide. The grieving process is individual. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the parents of the deceased handle the grief, and if gender norms in society affect the grieving process. Method: Four biographies written in Sweden, has been analysed and coded. Two, written by men and two written by women. Result: No decisive gender differences in the grieving process was found. The women in the biographies more actively
searched human contact in social situation, as well as searched more... (More)
To lose a child in suicide - A study about how gender norms in society affect the relatives of a deceased and their grieving process

Background: Suicide is a comprehensive problem which majorly affects the relatives of the person who commit suicide. The grieving process is individual. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the parents of the deceased handle the grief, and if gender norms in society affect the grieving process. Method: Four biographies written in Sweden, has been analysed and coded. Two, written by men and two written by women. Result: No decisive gender differences in the grieving process was found. The women in the biographies more actively
searched human contact in social situation, as well as searched more for professional help. The men mostly tried to process their grief by themselves. Conclusion: The result of this study can not be explained by a gender theory, because every grieving process is individual. It is important that professionals present that it is not shameful to show sorrow and therefor open up, no matter gender. (Less)
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author
Jönsson, Catrin LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Suicide, grief, bereavement, gender, norms
language
Swedish
id
8946555
date added to LUP
2018-06-08 09:03:24
date last changed
2018-06-08 09:03:24
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  abstract     = {{To lose a child in suicide - A study about how gender norms in society affect the relatives of a deceased and their grieving process

Background: Suicide is a comprehensive problem which majorly affects the relatives of the person who commit suicide. The grieving process is individual. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the parents of the deceased handle the grief, and if gender norms in society affect the grieving process. Method: Four biographies written in Sweden, has been analysed and coded. Two, written by men and two written by women. Result: No decisive gender differences in the grieving process was found. The women in the biographies more actively
searched human contact in social situation, as well as searched more for professional help. The men mostly tried to process their grief by themselves. Conclusion: The result of this study can not be explained by a gender theory, because every grieving process is individual. It is important that professionals present that it is not shameful to show sorrow and therefor open up, no matter gender.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att förlora ett barn i suicid : En kvalitativ studie av hur könsnormer i samhället påverkar suicidefterlevande föräldrars sätt att beskriva sorgeprocessen}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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