This book integrates groundbreaking new research, theory, and clinical insights to present a comprehensive picture of how different goups of bereaved people cope with their losses.
"The focus on different types of bereavement within a single project makes this book especially interesting and valuable.
—CHOICE
"Susan Nolen-Hoeksema and Judith Larson have done a masterful job integrating theory, research, and clinically astute advice in their study of coping with bereavement. The voices of the bereaved husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, and sons and daughters that are woven into the text add richness to the thoughtful scientific presentation. Coping With Loss will be an important resource for both academics and practitioners in the fields of coping and bereavement for many years to come."
—Susan Folkman, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
"This is an insightful and compelling analysis of the phenomena of grief and bereavement, drawing as it does on knowledge acquired from a scholarly and sensitive research project. Space is given not only to the facts and figures of bereavement, but also to the voices of the bereaved themselves. These aspects combine to provide novel understanding of many aspects of bereavement. Essential reading for researchers and practitioners alike, and appropriate too for the bereaved and those who care for them. Sensitive scholarship at its best. A landmark in the field of coping with bereavement."
—Margaret Stroebe, Ph.D.
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
"Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, one of psychology's most distinguished clinical researchers, joins bereavement therapist-educator Judith Larson in a sensitive analysis of how people cope with a loved one's death. Together, they track more than 300 people's bereavement experiences across circumstance and time. The result--a rare marriage of scientific scholarship with the personal voices of those studied--is a valuable resource for psychologists, ministers, and hospice workers, and for anyone seeking to sift the myths and realities of grieving."
—David G. Myers, Ph.D.
Hope College
