Las esferas del mundo afectadas y estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por personas adultas en la elaboración del duelo por muerte de un progenitor

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to identify the strategies when dealing with the elaboration of mourning due to a parent’s death, and the spheres of the world that are affected in adults. Therefore, it was posed to distinguish between male and female: the confrontation strategies and the spheres of the world that are the most affected. It was carried a qualitative study with an exploratory and descriptive scope where it was used a no random accidental sample of fifteen men and fifteen women within an age range from 18 to 60. The outcomes demonstrated that in male and female after a parent´s loss, the most affected sphere of the world is the personality. As to the confrontation strategies, significant differences were found between male and female. Women reached a high level when seeking strategies namely the search of social support, acknowledgment of the responsibility, planning, escape-avoidance, positive reevaluation and recognition while men registered low rates in these strategies.