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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458992903321

Autore

Doka Kenneth J.

Titolo

Grieving beyond gender : understanding the ways men and women mourn / / Kenneth J. Doka, Terry L. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-84429-1

1-283-04580-X

9786613045805

0-203-88606-2

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Series in death, dying, and bereavement

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinTerry L

Disciplina

155.9/37

Soggetti

Grief

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Death - Psychological aspects

Grief therapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and plan of the book -- Definitions: understanding grief -- Patterns of grief: intuitive grievers -- Instrumental grievers -- Dissonant responses -- Personality as a shaper of patterns -- The role of gender -- Culture as a shaping agent -- Adaptive strategies: implications for counselors -- Strategies for self-help and intervention : the need for interventive intentionality.

Sommario/riassunto

Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn is a revision of  Men Don't Cry, Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief. In this work, Doka and Martin elaborate on their conceptual model of ""styles or patterns of grieving"" - a model that has generated both research and acceptance since the publication of the first edition in 1999. In that book, as well as in this revision, Doka and Martin explore the different ways that individuals grieve, noting that gender is only one factor that affects an individual's style or pattern of grief. The book di