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.
Recommended Citation
Toller, Paige W., "Bereaved Parents' Negotiation of Identity Following the Death of a Child" (2008). Communication Faculty Publications. 77.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/commfacpub/77
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.