Annotated Bibliographies

Morgan, James P., and Jesse E. Roberts. "Helping Bereaved Children And Adolescents: Strategies And Implications For Counselors."Journal Of Mental Health Counseling 32.3 (2010): 206-217. Academic Search Complete. Web. 21 Apr. 2013.
            James P. Morgan and Jesse E. Roberts argue the death of a loved one has variety affects of different ages. Furthermore, counselors need to provide different strategies to assist with coping and different age groups. Also counselors need to provide different strategies to assist with coping, by investigating different strategies and how they help. They need provide variety of ways to assist grieving in different age groups. The article provides information on how each age group reacts to losing a loved one and how counselors can use different strategies to support children in different age groups.
 Karakartal, Demet. "Investigation Of Bereavement Period Effects After Loss Of Parents On Children And Adolescents Losing Their Parents." Online Submission (2012): ERIC. Web. 23 Mar. 2013.
           The author, Demet Karakartal, states that children, whom experience the loss of a parent, deal with problems in their everyday life such as school. In this study, children and adolescents are interviewed about their loss of their parent and how they have been able to cope. They were also asked during the time period that they were trying to cope, who was there to assist them in their time of need. The results showed that the grieving process was longer for young adults and adolescents, who have loss a parent than adults. Also schools and social relationships were affected negatively. The article provides the quoted answers from the children and adolescents in the interview.
 Heather Servaty-Seib, et al. "Bereaved Adults' Evaluations Of Grief Management Messages: Effects Of Message Person Centeredness, Recipient Individual Differences, And Contextual Factors." Death Studies 32.5 (2008): 399-427. ERIC. Web. 23 Mar. 2013.
          The article investigates different strategies to support a person who is grieving and whether they are helpful or not. In addition, if the effectiveness of the strategies was determined by function of demographic, personality, and situational factors. The results showed that a person “being there” while another was grieving was the most effective strategy. Also the supporter’s centeredness was strongly correlated with helpfulness towards the grieving person. The article provides the advice/compliments that are commonly used when assisting someone who is grieving and how effective each one is.