War imposes many hardships on both service people and those they leave behind. One of the greatest fears during wartime is the potential for loss of life. Death in wartime creates a bereavement situation that has been relatively ignored in bereavement literature. During this wartime period, grief...
On the one hand, the draining nature of a prolonged period of caring may leave an individual vulnerable to poorer bereavement outcomes. Conversely, however, the stress reduction theory holds that the child’s death coincides with a reduction in stressors that had been associated with the long-...