The nature of grief : the evolution and psychology of reactions to loss / / John Archer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819318403321
• Autore: Archer John <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-68351-0; 1-134-68352-9; 0-203-36065-6; 1-280-05432-8; 0-415-17857-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 319 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 155.9/37
• Soggetti: Grief; Bereavement - Psychological aspects; Death - Psychological aspects; Loss (Psychology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-296) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1 Introduction: what is grief? -- chapter 2 The historical background to grief research -- chapter 3 Accounts of grief from other sources -- chapter 4 The biological context of grief -- chapter 5 The grief process: an analytic approach -- chapter 6 The grief process: holistic views -- chapter 7 The resolution of grief -- chapter 8 The mental processes of grief -- chapter 9 An evolutionary view of individual differences in grief -- chapter 10 The relationship with the deceased -- chapter 11 Loss of a son or daughter -- chapter 12 Death of a relative or friend -- chapter 13 The influence of the age and sex of the bereaved -- chapter 14 Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology. This ; innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.