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Influence Of Sex Of Parent, Timing Of Loss And Age Of Child On Unresolved Grief Among Bereaved Parents
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1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
The following null hypotheses were formulated to be tested in this study:
Ho1:
There is no significance difference between grief of parents who were
bereaved within the last five years and those parents who were bereaved
over five years ago.
H02: There is no significance difference on parental grief of mothers and that of fathers.
H03:
There is no significance difference on parental grief of bereaved
parents of children under 2 years and that of bereaved parents of
children of 2 years and above.
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study will be significance to parents to help them realize the kind of
grief they undergo when they loss their children and help them learn how
to manage the situation. The study will also serve as a guide to
counselors to know the approach to adopt when dealing with bereaved
parents. Also, this study will serve a reference materials to scholars,
researchers and students who may carry out further research on this
topic or related area in the future.
1.8 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
study will focus on determining if there is a difference between grief
of parents who were bereaved within the last five years and those
parents who were bereaved over five years ago. This study will also find
out if there is a difference on parental grief of mothers and that of
fathers. This study will further find out if there is a difference on
parental grief of bereaved parents of children under 2 years and that of
bereaved parents of children of 2 years and above.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Influence:
the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or
behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself. Parent: A
parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a
parent is the caretaker of a child. A biological parent is a person
whose gamete resulted in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female
through the ovum. Child: a young human being below the age of puberty
or below the legal age of majority. Grief: Grief is the response to
loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has
died, to which a bond or affection was formed Bereaved: To be deprived
of a close relation or friend through their death.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out to examine the influence of sex of parent, timing of loss and age of child on unresolved grief among bereaved parents using bereaved civil servants in Alausa Secretariat, Lagos State as case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at determining if there is a difference between grief of parents who were bereaved within the last five years and those parents who were bereaved over five years ago; to find out if there is a difference on parental grief of mothers and ... Continue reading---
