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Amf Development Proposal-College Student Bereavement On The Oru Campus, Andrea C. Walker
Amf Development Proposal-College Student Bereavement On The Oru Campus, Andrea C. Walker
College of Science and Engineering Faculty Research and Scholarship
This presentation served as a proposal to develop an AMF chapter for grieving students at ORU. This group was part of the National Students of AMF (Actively Moving Forward), a group designed to provide peer-led support for college students experiencing death of a family member or friend or facing their own terminal illnesses. ORU Students of AMF was active for about five years.
Prevalence And Severity Of College Student Bereavement Examined In A Randomly Selected Sample, David E. Balk, Andrea C. Walker, Ardith Baker
Prevalence And Severity Of College Student Bereavement Examined In A Randomly Selected Sample, David E. Balk, Andrea C. Walker, Ardith Baker
College of Science and Engineering Faculty Research and Scholarship
The authors used stratified random sampling to assess the prevalence and severity of bereavement in college undergraduates, providing an advance over findings that emerge from convenience sampling methods or from anecdotal observations. Prior research using convenience sampling indicated that 22% to 30% of college students are within 12 months of having experienced the death of a family member or friend. Using an ethnically diverse sample from a private,Midwestern university, 118 randomly selected students answered demographic and life experience questions and indicated whether a family member or friend had died within the last 24 months. Those who reported experiencing such a …