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Published Online: 1979, pp. 329–485

Parent-Child Communication in Widowed Families

S. M. Silverman, Ph.D, and P. R. Silverman, Ph.DAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 33, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.3.428

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When a parent dies the surviving parent and children are often unable to work together to cope with the loss. We propose that this situation arises from their inability to accept the finality of death. Parents and children have difficulty adjusting to life without the deceased because of their expectation that he or she will return.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 33 • Number 3 • 1979, pp. 329–485

Pages: 428 - 441

PubMed: 495834

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Published in print: 1979, pp. 329–485

Published online: 30 April 2018

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S. M. Silverman, Ph.D^†

Lexington, Mass.

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P. R. Silverman, Ph.D^‡

Lexington, Mass.

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The research on which this paper is based was supported in part by a grant from the National Funeral Directors’ Association.

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18 Ingleside Road, Lexington, Mass. 02173.

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Senior Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.

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Parent-Child Communication in Widowed Families

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