The nature of grief : the evolution and psychology of reactions to loss /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Archer, John, 1944-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Grief.
Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Loss (Psychology)
Grief.
Bereavement.
Chagrin.
Deuil -- Aspect psychologique.
Mort -- Aspect psychologique.
Perte (Psychologie)
SELF-HELP -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Grief.
Loss (Psychology)
Verdriet.
Verlies (psychologie)
Rouw.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144343
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ISBN:0203360656
9780203360651
0415178576
9780415178570
0415178584
9780415178587
0203373219
9780203373217
9786610054329
6610054320
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9781280054327
1134683529
9781134683529
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-296) and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:In this study on the evolution of grief John Archer shows that grief is a natrual reaction to losses of many sorts and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology.
"The Nature of Grief is a new synthesis of material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology on the process of grief. It steps outside of the psychiatric and psychoanalytic perspectives that have dominated grief research for so long, and argues that grief is not an illness or a disorder but a natural reaction to losses of many kinds ... John Archer identifies grief as a common experience throughout all human cultures that has evolved from simpler versions in animals ... The Nature of Grief also considers the cultural and historical context of contemporary ideas about grief, discusses literary, biographical and other non-scientific writings, and includes a wide-ranging, comprehensive and up-to-date review of research. It will be of interest to developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions"--Jacket
Other form:Print version: Archer, John, 1944- Nature of grief. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999