A Qualitative Study of Grief Process and Psychological Growth of Korean Female Adults Who Bereaved Mother during Adolescence

& (2020). A Qualitative Study of Grief Process and Psychological Growth of Korean Female Adults Who Bereaved Mother during Adolescence. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 39(1), 57-90, https://doi.org/10.22257/kjp.2020.3.39.1.57

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Abstract

This study was to specifically examine the grief process and psychological growth of Korean female adults who bereaved their mother during adolescence. For this, the grounded theory, a qualitative methodology, was applied, and the final 16 interview data were used for the analysis. As a result of Strauss and Corbin’s analysis process, 241 concepts, 76 subcategories, and 15 categories were derived from the open coding. In a paradigm model of the axis coding, the causal conditions were ‘facing mother's death’ and ‘feelings right after death’. The phenomena were three, inclduing ‘the daily sorrows and pains caused by bereavement’. Contextual conditions were four, including ‘emotional change depending on time passed’. Intervening conditions were three, including ‘receiving the comfort and assistance from support system’ and ‘obstacles to grief’. Action/interaction strategies were ‘personal grief rituals’ and ‘coming up with coping strategies’. The consequences was ‘psychological growth’. The process analysis of the axis coding resulted in 6 stages: 1) Confusion, 2) Enduring, 3) Confronting and constantly connecting, 4) Reappraisal, 5) Recovery, 6) Growth. In selective coding, the core category that reflects the results from open and axis codings was named ‘Planting mom and nurturing myself’. The participants' grief and psychological growth experiences in the selective coding were analyzed at the individual, interpersonal, and social levels, and a conditional matrix for the level analysis was established. Discussions on the findings were described, based on the research questions in conclusion. Finally, the implications and limitations of the study and suggestions for future research were discussed.

keywords: bereavement during adolescence, female adults, grief process, psychological growth, grounded theory, 청소년기 사별경험, 성인 여성, 애도 과정, 심리적 성장, 근거이론

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A Qualitative Study of Grief Process and Psychological Growth of Korean Female Adults Who Bereaved Mother during Adolescence

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