Lytje Martin
1 Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
2 The Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Omega (Westport). 2018 Nov;78(1):24-42. doi: 10.1177/0030222816679660. Epub 2016 Nov 21.
This study explores how Danish students experience returning to school following parental bereavement. Eighteen focus group interviews with 39 participants aged 9 to 17 years were conducted. All participants had experienced the loss of a primary caregiver. Data collection was divided into two phases. In Phase I, 22 participants from four grief groups were interviewed 4 times over the course of a year. During Phase II, confirmatory focus groups were undertaken with the 17 participants. This article explores findings related to the four themes of initial school response, long-term support, challenges within the class, and academic challenges. The study found that (a) students struggle to reconnect with classmates following the return to school and often feel alone, (b) schools fail to have guidelines in place for what they are allowed to do if becoming sad the class, and (c) schools seem to forget their loss as time passes.
本研究探讨丹麦学生在经历丧亲之痛后重返校园的感受。对18个焦点小组进行了访谈，共有39名年龄在9至17岁之间的参与者。所有参与者都经历过主要照料者的离世。数据收集分为两个阶段。在第一阶段，来自四个悲伤群体的22名参与者在一年的时间里接受了4次访谈。在第二阶段，对17名参与者进行了验证性焦点小组访谈。本文探讨了与四个主题相关的研究结果，即学校的初步反应、长期支持、班级内的挑战以及学业挑战。研究发现：（a）学生重返学校后难以与同学重新建立联系，常常感到孤独；（b）学校没有制定相关准则，以指导教师在课堂上面对学生悲伤情绪时应如何应对；（c）随着时间的推移，学校似乎忘记了他们的丧亲之痛。
