Losing a close relative or friend is a traumatic event for anyone, especially
for children and adolescents. This article investigates the motives and
patterns of children’s and adolescents’ interpersonal online communication on
bereavement platforms. A qualitative content analysis of two different youth
bereavement platforms (n = 21 threads; 319 postings) illuminates how one common
feature is the verbalization and illustration of missing support in the offline
world. The substantial usage of social network platforms can be considered
an extension of children’s and adolescents’ personal social environment. Furthermore,
topics on bereavement platforms ultimately go beyond grief, as children
and adolescents also include emotions such as hope, gratitude and cohesiveness.
Communication within online bereavement communities thus enables
a process known from offline communication as transformation from a lossoriented
to restoration-oriented coping (Stroebe and Schut 2010, p. 277).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:80359 |
| Date | 10 August 2022 |
| Creators | Döveling, Katrin |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 0018 |
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