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Balk , D . E (1999 . Bereavement and Spiritual Change . Death Studies 23 485-493

Purpose

This article aims to determine the causal connection between bereavement and a person 's decision to effect changes in his spirituality . It is the position of the author that bereavement is a life crisis that challenges one 's assumptions about human existence and provides the grounds for spiritual change (Balk , 1999

Methods

To test the hypothesis , the author chose some case examples that

br illustrate the causal connection between bereavement and spiritual change . These stories show how an extreme life crisis could lead a person to lose hope in life or change his worldview altogether (Balk 1999

Results

The author concluded that the case studies mentioned in the article show how bereavement , a specific life crisis , could trigger spiritual change in people . He cites psychological imbalance or disequilibrium , which needed a process of reflection to help one stabilize the imbalance . The author likewise concludes that the spiritual change that occurs after bereavement is a result of a person 's spending time in "both the loss orientation and the restoration orientation (Balk , 1999

Baker , J . E , Sedney , M . A Gross , E (1992 . Psychological Tasks for Bereaved Children . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 62 (1 , 105-116

Purpose

This article is an expository work on the grief process of children More specifically , it discusses the different stages of the grief process , as illustrated by various models of the process put forward by different scholars (Baker , Sedney Gross , 1992

Methods

This article simply gathered literature on the subject of the grief process of bereaved children . It focused on time-specific tasks that a grieving person should accomplish in to progress within the grief process . The article likewise provided a case example with a corresponding discussion of how the case illustrated the needs of a grieving child (Baker , Sedney Gross , 1992

Results

The article concluded with a discussion of the implications of using a time-specific model of therapy for bereaved children . It teaches how an assessment at the beginning of the therapy of the accomplished tasks could allow the therapist to determine the next steps for the child . It also pointed out that there is a need for a complete and detailed history of the circumstances or events surrounding the death of a loved one . Such detailed history would be very helpful in predicting obstacles that could be present during the child 's bereavement process (Baker Sedney Gross , 1992

Cooper , C . A . Children 's Dreams During the Grief Process

Purpose

This article focuses on one specific aspect of the grief process in children , namely , dreams . It is based on the theory that dreaming is a therapeutic process , or a way for children to express their feeling of loss and heal . This article aims to determine whether there is an increased frequency of dreaming among grieving children , for a positive answer to this query would support the position that children help in healing themselves after...