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World Suffering and Quality of LifeCoping with the Suffering of Ambiguous Loss

World Suffering and Quality of Life: Coping with the Suffering of Ambiguous Loss [This chapter addresses a particular kind of suffering—that of having a family member go physically missing. There is no official proof of being either dead or alive. Remaining family members are immobilized by the confusion, but many live a quality life despite the pain of no closure. The goal here is to provide a better understanding of ambiguous loss, its unique kind of suffering, and the surprising resilience that often emerges despite unanswered questions. Intervention guidelines, now tested for cross-cultural application, are provided.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

World Suffering and Quality of LifeCoping with the Suffering of Ambiguous Loss

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 56)
Editors: Anderson, Ronald E.

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
ISBN
978-94-017-9669-9
Pages
125 –134
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-9670-5_10
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter addresses a particular kind of suffering—that of having a family member go physically missing. There is no official proof of being either dead or alive. Remaining family members are immobilized by the confusion, but many live a quality life despite the pain of no closure. The goal here is to provide a better understanding of ambiguous loss, its unique kind of suffering, and the surprising resilience that often emerges despite unanswered questions. Intervention guidelines, now tested for cross-cultural application, are provided.]

Published: Jan 7, 2014

Keywords: Suffering; Ambiguous loss; Unresolved loss; Frozen grief; Meaning; Mastery; Identity; Ambivalence; Attachment; Hope; Psychological family; Cultural differences

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