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Peer reviewedBirenbaum, Linda K.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1990
Investigated behavioral adjustment of 61 children (ages 4-16) during terminal illness and first year following sibling's death from cancer. Collected data from parents and teachers using Child Behavior Checklist. Results indicated that bereaved siblings demonstrated significantly higher levels of behavior problems and significantly lower social…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Bereavement
Davies, Betty – 1984
Focusing on relationships between children's behavioral responses and family characteristics, this exploratory, descriptive, and retrospective study investigated bereaved children's responses to the death of a sibling from cancer and examines those responses in relationship to selected individual, situational, and environmental characteristics.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Bereavement, Cancer
