Relationship between mothers' acceptance of their children's severe motor and intellectual disabilities and awareness of their death : The view point of maternal separation

Maemori, Hitomi, Okamoto, Yuko

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重症心身障害児の母親における障害受容過程と子どもの死に対する捉え方との関連 : 母子分離の視点から <研究報告>
重症心身障害児の母親における障害受容過程と子どもの死に対する捉え方との関連--母子分離の視点から
ジュウショウシンシンショウガイジノハハオヤニオケルショウガイジュヨウカテイトコドモノシニタイスルトラエカタトノカンレンボシブンリノシテンカラ

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The process of acceptance by mothers of children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities and the awareness of their children's possible death was investigated. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 participant mothers of children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. The main findings were as follows. (1) The acceptance process consisted of ten stages: Shock, Denial, Confusion, Effort, Resignation, Prepossession, Perceptiveness, Attainment, Living, and Separation. (2) When the participants were categorized into six types according to their awareness of the possible death of the child : "Preparation," "Watching," "Conflict," "Holding," "Denying," and "Detachment," two of these categories had a role in the acceptance process: (i) "Preparation :" those who prepare for their children's death were conscious of separation from the children and wanted a strong commitment from the children. (ii) "Denying :" those who denied the possibility of their child's death kept feeling united with the child. (3) Difference in the awareness of the child's possible death could be explained on the basis of maternal separation theory.

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心理臨床学研究

心理臨床学研究 26 (2), 171-183, 2008-06

日本心理臨床学会

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