Background Bereavement experience is shaped by cultural and social contexts. No
systematically constructed reviews were identified to explore the bereavement experience …

Living Through Loss provides a foundational identification of the many ways in which people
experience loss over the life course, from childhood to old age. It examines the interventions …

Many people believe that they have received after-death communications (ADCs) from
deceased loved ones, and some bereaved individuals may disclose such experiences to …

Introduction to Social Work by Lisa E. Cox, Carolyn J. Tice, and Dennis D. Long is an
exciting and timely new text that takes readers to the roots of the social work profession …

Objectives The purpose of this study is to see whether feelings of death anxiety are lower
among older than among younger people. In addition, an effort is made to see whether …

Research articles examining psychological adjustment to spousal bereavement in older
adults (65+) were identified through searches on five electronical databases alongside …

When experiencing the loss of a loved one, individuals adapt and change how they
understand death, how they interpret the meaning of the loss, and how they remember the …

The psychology of aging usually focuses upon cognitive changes, with a particular focus on
dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. But getting older is about more than simply …

Very few studies have examined the effects of both religious affiliation and religiosity on
mortality at the same time, and studies employing multiple dimensions of religiosity other …

Religion and spirituality often become relevant after the death of a loved one. In light of the
multidimensionality of religion and spirituality, we investigate the role of communal religiosity …