Making sense out of a senseless death: Death experiences of parents who lost a son to hazing

Date of Publication

1999

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Honor/Award

Awarded as best thesis, 1999

Abstract/Summary

The study aims to describe the death experiences of parents who lost a son from hazing. In order to describe the death experiences, the bereavement responses, attributions of the death, and the meanings that the parents derived from the death must be determined. This was made possible through an in-depth interview. The demographics and family enmeshment were also obtained through the Family Cohesion Scale. There were three couples and two fathers who participated in this study. The data gathered were analyzed qualitatively through case analysis and cross case analysis. The results showed that there are five major themes (with 21 subthemes) for bereavement, two (with 14 subthemes) for attributions, and two (with 11 subthemes) for meanings. The common bereavement among parents experiences were pain, hysterical reactions, denial, shock, questioning the manner of death and regret. The common attribution of parents was the perpetrators. In the construal of meanings, common were greater benefit, inability to live with loss, senseless and learning. Though there exists a complementary relationship among bereavement, attribution and meanings of parents, central to this relationship is the construal of meanings since the death was perceived as senseless.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU09285

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

177 numb. leaves

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