Bereavement and Adaptation

This book offers a critical review of the main psychological theories on adaptation after loss followed by an overview of the results of the empirical research on bereavement. It also reflects on the results of the Leiden Bereavement Study, which compares the consequences of death.

Marc Cleiren

Theories on adaptation after bereavement; empirical research on bereavement; the Leiden Bereavement Study - objectives,  method and response; the mode of death, kinship, and functioning after bereavement - empirical results; the structure of functioning; a prospective study on functioning; discussion.