ERIC Number: EJ1424294
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-May
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-1751-2271
EISSN: EISSN-1751-228X
"They Told Me I Should Feel Sad": Narrative and Personal Story Telling as a Sensemaking and Ownership Tool for Young People Who Have Experienced Bereavement
Mind, Brain, and Education, v18 n2 p170-172 2024
This research focused on listening to the voices of children who have experienced the death of someone important to them. Through a personalized narrative methodology working with practitioners, and with regard for cultural and religious beliefs, children were given safe space to tell their own truths to sense-make rather than prescribing how they should be feeling or what they should be experiencing as part of their grief journey. Findings suggest this impacted positively on the children's wellbeing. The recommendations are to use this approach to open up dialogue instigated by the child, which is currently missing from contemporary policy and practice, as well as adding to the limited literature. Furthermore, the engagement with the topic of death is advocated for all children rather than simply retrospectively with those who have experienced it. As this was a small-scale study, more research is needed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Death, Grief, Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Child Advocacy, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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