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A Study on Childhood Loss Experiences and Complex Grief

  • Industry Promotion Research
  • Abbr : IPR
  • 2024, 9(4), pp.165-170
  • DOI : 10.21186/IPR.2024.9.4.165
  • Publisher : Industrial Promotion Institute
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : September 28, 2024
  • Accepted : October 25, 2024
  • Published : October 31, 2024

Yoon Seok-Min 1

1대원대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study conducted a literature review to provide a deeper understanding of childhood loss experiences and the complex grief that follows. When children experience the shock of losing a parent, they often experience sleep disturbances, antisocial behavior, guilt, post-traumatic stress, depression, and fear. When children between the ages of 5 and 9 experience a loss, they may become confused, fearful, and anxious. They may also become aggressive or have difficulty concentrating when experiencing a loss. And when children between the ages of 9 and 12 experience loss, they may experience feelings of sadness, depression, and fear. Children may experience behavioral or academic decline due to the experience of loss. The severe trauma that occurs in complex grief is caused by persistently dominating painful emotions and preventing adaptation to reality. It also causes fear and escape from reality due to painful emotions. Complicated grief disrupts the normal grief process which involves accepting sadness, longing, shock and pain while moving forward with a new life.

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