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Publication Date: 2005
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Coping with Parental Loss because of Termination of Parental Rights
Schneider, Kerri M.; Phares, Vicky
Child Welfare, v84 n6 p819-842 Nov-Dec 2005
This article addresses the process by which children and adolescents cope with severe acute stress of parental loss from causes other than divorce or death. Participants were 60 children and adolescents from a residential treatment facility. Most had experienced neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and their parents had their parential rights terminated. Measures of symptomatology indicated that children reported low levels of depressive symptoms, whereas caregivers reported the children were experiencing significant psychological problems. Children used avoidant coping strategies more often than emotion-focused coping strategies, which, in turn, were used more than problem-focused coping strategies. Results are discussed in terms of helping children cope with parental loss. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Coping, Parent Rights, Children, Adolescents, Anxiety, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Psychology, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Stress Variables, Parent Child Relationship, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Psychological Patterns
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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