Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping and Care [Hardcover]

Margaret S. Stroebe (Editor), Robert O. Hansson (Editor), Wolfgang Stroebe (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2001

In exploring the consequences of bereavement, authors examine developm ental factors that influence grief both for the individual and the fam ily at different phases of the life cycle. In exploring coping, they d escribe exciting new empirical studies about how people can and do cop e with grief, without professional intervention. Until recently, inter vention for the bereaved has not been scientifically guided and has be come the subject of challenging differences of opinion and approach. C hapters in the care section of the volume critically examine intervent ions to date and provide guidance for assessment and more empirically guided treatment strategies. The Handbook provides an up-to-date compr ehensive review of scientific knowledge about bereavement in an author itative yet accessible way that will be essential reading for research ers, practitioners, and health care professionals in the 21st century.

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About the Author

Margaret S. Stroebe is Associate Professor of Psychology at Utrecht University. She received her PhD in cross-cultural psychology at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Her current interests in the bereavement area have to do with interactive patterns of coping, theoretical approaches to grief and grieving, and the efficacy of bereavement intervention. She is co-author (with Wolfgang Stroebe) of Bereavement and Health (1987) and Social Psychology and Health (1993) and editor (with Wolfgang Strobe and Robert O. Hansson) of The Handbook of Bereavement: Theory, Research, and Intervention (1993).

Robert O. Hansson is Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earned an MBA and his PhD in social psychology from the University of Washington in 1973. His research interests focus on successful aging, aging families, coping with loss, and stressful life transitions in old age. He is coeditor (with Margaret S. Stroebe and Wolfgang Strobe) of The Handbook of Bereavement: Theory, Research, and Intervention (1993) and co-author (with Bruce N. Carpenter) of Relationships in Old Age: Coping With the Challenge of Transition (1994).

Wolfgang Stroebe is Professor of Social, Organizational, and Health Psychology at Utrecht University. He received PhDs from the University of Munster, Germany, and London School of Economics, United Kingdom. He has previously held academic positions in the United States, England, and Germany. His research interests span social and health psychology. He has written and edited in both these fields, including volumes on bereavement (with the editors of this volume), and the European Review of Social Psychology (coedited with Miles Hewstone).

Henk Schut is Associate Professor of Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University in 1992. His research interests cover processes of coping with loss and (the efficacy of) grief therapy and counseling of bereaved persons. He also works as a trainer for professionals (e.g., funeral directors and medical specialists) in dealing with the dying and the bereaved. He is one of the authors of the Dutch publication Suicide and Grief (1983) and co-author (with Jos de Keijser, also in Dutch) of Individual Grief Counseling (1991).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 814 pages
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1st edition (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155798736X
• ISBN-13: 978-1557987365
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for researchers into bereavement, May 13, 2007

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This review is from: Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping and Care (Hardcover)

Lots of essays by the key thinkers in the area. Essential reading for the student of loss and bereavement.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars research, September 18, 2006

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This review is from: Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping and Care (Hardcover)

This is aimed at research and hits the bullseye. Not a how to book but puts the reader in touch with current understandings and needs of the field of grief and bereavement.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Handbook of Bereavement Research, January 10, 2009

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J. L. Lewis (Wales UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping and Care (Hardcover)

The book is really useful, as I'm doing a Masters degree and have an interest in bereavement research anyway. Like most things you'd have to be interested in the area, but it brings together the thinking that was around in 2001 when the book was published.