SIDS Family Adjustment Scale: A Method of Assessing Family Adjustment to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

May, Harold J.; Breme, Frederick J.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ264035

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: N/A

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

SIDS Family Adjustment Scale: A Method of Assessing Family Adjustment to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

May, Harold J.; Breme, Frederick J.

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v13 n1 p59-74 1982-83

Discusses Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and the family's resultant grief process. Explores SIDS as a family crisis, and by identifying the psychological factors or tasks pertinent to family adjustment, proposes a SIDS Family Adjustment Scale which assists in recognizing adaptive and maladaptive grief responses. (Author)

Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Response, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Problems, Grief, Infant Mortality, Models, Predictor Variables, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A