John Archer

The Nature of Grief

The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

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Produktbeschreibung

The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology. This innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780415178587
• ISBN-10: 0415178584
• Artikelnr.: 21717155

Autorenporträt

John Archer

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: what is grief?
2 The historical background to grief research
3 Accounts of grief from other sources
4 The biological context of grief
5 The grief process: an analytic approach
6 The grief process: holistic views
7 The resolution of grief
8 The mental processes of grief
9 An evolutionary view of individual differences in grief
10 The relationship with the deceased
11 Loss of a son or daughter
12 Death of a relative or friend
13 The influence of the age and sex of the bereaved
14 Conclusions
References
Author index
Subject index