A Death in the Family: Links between Religion, Parenting, and Family Communication about Death

Autor: Lindsay Zajac, Chris James Boyatzis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Religions, Vol 14, Iss 2, p 254 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 14020254
2077-1444
DOI: 10.3390/rel14020254
Popis: The present study assessed the frequency and nature of parent–child communication about death and identified predictors of such communication. The sample comprised 24 families who had recently lost a family member. Parents completed survey measures of global parenting dimensions (warmth/acceptance, psychological control, behavioral control), parental coping (religious and secular coping), parental religiosity, and parent–child communication about death. Almost 80% of parent–child dyads discussed death at least once a week, and children initiated approximately half of these conversations. Parental warmth/acceptance was positively associated with the frequency of parent–child communication about death, whereas psychological control, negative religious coping, private religious practices, and religious focus were negatively associated with the frequency of parent–child communication about death. Results from hierarchical linear regression analyses suggest that even when controlling for parental warmth/acceptance and psychological control, parents’ private religious practices and religious focus negatively predicted the frequency of parent–child communication about death.
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