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St. Catherine University

Grief

2015

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The Impact Of Social Media On Emerging Adults’ Grieving Experiences, Nikole M. Sharpe May 2015

The Impact Of Social Media On Emerging Adults’ Grieving Experiences, Nikole M. Sharpe

Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers

Emerging adults experience developmental challenges when faced with loss. They are responsible for meeting developmental milestones, such as, identity achievement as well as mourning a loss both at the same time. This complexity is heightened when adding social media. Social media grieving has become a new way of mourning losses. However, there is still little data on the impact of social media on emerging adults’ grieving experiences. A systematic review was utilized to gather and synthesize the most current and relevant empirical data. Twenty five quantitative studies were selected for analysis and key data was abstracted including, sample size, age …


Acceptance Experience Of Parents Of Children With Mental Illness, Brieanne A. Gallaway May 2015

Acceptance Experience Of Parents Of Children With Mental Illness, Brieanne A. Gallaway

Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers

This study seeks to identify the grief and acceptance experiences of parents of children who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. In particular, the study compares the experiences of parents whose children have been diagnosed with a ‘socially acceptable’ diagnosis to parents whose children have been diagnosed with a ‘non-socially acceptable’ diagnosis. The study involved 29 parents who were recruited through the method of snowball sampling. A qualitative survey was distributed to parents, with descriptive statistics analyzed through frequency distributions. Qualitative questions were analyzed through content analysis, with responses transcribed and coded by the researcher. The research found that …