Magical Thinking in Severe Grief Reactions

Beschreibung

Christian Lönneker systematically explores the phenomenon of magical thinking in the context of severe grief reactions focusing on intrusive forms reported by bereaved individuals seeking professional support. The author succeeds in proposing a comprehensive definition of magical thinking and a rationale for its association with grief based on various disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology, and the cognitive science of religion. Within the scope of a grounded theory study, case reports comprise themes like bringing the deceased back to life, the magical efficacy of religious rituals, and attempts to ward off harmful influences of the dead.
Contents

• Reactions to Bereavement
  
• Bereavement and Psychopathology
  
• Perspectives on Magical Thinking 
  
• Magical Thinking at the Origins of Human Burial
  
• Qualitative Methodology in Bereavement Research 
  
• Themes of Bereavement-Related Magical Thinking

• Lecturers and students of psychology and anthropology 
  
• Practitioners and researchers in the fields of psychotherapy, grief counseling, palliative and end of life care, funeral directors

Christian Lönneker systematically explores the phenomenon of magical thinking in the context of severe grief reactions focusing on intrusive forms reported by bereaved individuals seeking professional support. The author succeeds in proposing a comprehensive definition of magical thinking and a rationale for its association with grief based on various disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology, and the cognitive science of religion. Within the scope of a grounded theory study, case reports comprise themes like bringing the deceased back to life, the magical efficacy of religious rituals, and attempts to ward off harmful influences of the dead.

Autor*in

Christian Lönneker

Themen in »Magical Thinking in Severe Grief Reactions«

Prolonged Grief Disorder Magical Thinking in Severe Grief Reactions Complicated Grief Bereavement and Loss Continuing Bonds After Death Communication Cognitive Science of Religion Thanatology Rites of Passage Funeral

Stimmen zu »Magical Thinking in Severe Grief Reactions«

Details

Link teilen