Article
Bereaved Parents' Negotiation of Identity Following the Death of a Child
Communication Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Disciplines
Abstract
This study examines changes in bereaved parents’ identities following the death of a child. The bereaved parents in this study experienced two dialectical contradictions of identity, which are: (a) a parent without a child to parent and (b) I’m an outsider- I’m an insider. Results describe how parents used communication to negotiate these contradictions of identity. Implications for the study of parental bereavement, communication, and identity are discussed.
Citation Information
Paige W. Toller. "Bereaved Parents' Negotiation of Identity Following the Death of a Child" Communication Studies Vol. 59 Iss. 4 (2008) p. 306 - 321 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paige_toller/11/
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Toller, P. (2008). Bereaved Parents' Negotiation of Identity Following the Death of a Child. Communication Studies, 59, 4, 306 © 2008 Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10510970802467379.