Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Publication Title

Communication Studies

Volume

59

Issue

4

First Page

306

Last Page

321

Abstract

This study examines changes in bereaved parents’ identities following the death of a child. The bereaved parents in this study experienced two dialectical contradictions of identity, which are: (a) a parent without a child to parent and (b) I’m an outsider- I’m an insider. Results describe how parents used communication to negotiate these contradictions of identity. Implications for the study of parental bereavement, communication, and identity are discussed.

Comments

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Toller, P. (2008). Bereaved Parents' Negotiation of Identity Following the Death of a Child. Communication Studies, 59, 4, 306 © 2008 Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10510970802467379.

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