The effect of the death of a relative in the parental or grandparental generation upon the surviving adult children or grandchildren of the deceased was the object of this study. It was hypothesized that in cohesive families, the death of a relative created emotional "shock waves" affecting the survivors in many ways. The major consequence studied was the effect of this relative's death on the relationship stability of adult children's engagements and/or marriages. It was expected that where the death of a relative was followed by a marital relationship status change in surviving adult children, the level of perceived family cohesion would be higher than in those situations where a relative's death was not followed by a marital relationship status change. A clinical sample of adult volunteers 18 years of age or older (N = 41) was surveyed. The sample contained two groups: a group in which the death of a relative was "linked" with a relationship change within 24 months and a group in which the death of a relative was "not linked" with a relationship status change in that time period. The individuals in the two groups responded to the Moos subscale on cohesion (Moos, Insel, and Humphreys, 1974). No significant (p $<$.05) differences were found in the means of cohesion levels between the group with a death linked to a relationship status change within 24 months (N = 20) and the group without such a linkage (N = 21). Further analyses and results were discussed with regard to implications for therapy and future research. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-12, Section: B, page: 3544. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76208 |
| Contributors | STRANGE, JOHN HARVEY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 122 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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