Enhancement of Death Acceptance by a Grief Counseling Course
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
- Vol. 25 (1) , 73-86
- https://doi.org/10.2190/fpkv-x2bq-wv8j-qgjm
Abstract
The impact of a grief counseling course was investigated in terms of Klug and Sinha's two-component formulation of death acceptance [1]. Compared to a control group, participants in the course showed a significant and sustained increase in cognitive confrontation of death, and in the assimilation of these attitudes at an emotional level. Identified predictors of the extent of the effect include the individual's initial level of death acceptance and performance in two of three aspects of course assessment.Keywords
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