scholarly journals Narrating ambiguous loss: Deficiencies in narrative processing and negative appraisal of consequences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manxia Huang ◽  
Tilmann Habermas
Keyword(s):  
Ambiguous Loss ◽  
Narrative Processing ◽  
Negative Appraisal

Analysis of Ambiguous Loss and the Family Life Cycle

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Scudellari ◽  
Bethany A. Pecora-Sanefski ◽  
Andrew Muschel ◽  
Jane R. Piesman ◽  
Thomas P. Demaria
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Ambiguous Loss ◽  
Family Life Cycle ◽  
The Family

Death narratives and cervical cancer: Impact of character death on narrative processing and HPV vaccination.

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 1173-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Krakow ◽  
Robert N. Yale ◽  
Debora Perez Torres ◽  
Katheryn Christy ◽  
Jakob D. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Narrative Processing

Perez Ambiguous Loss of Homeland Scale

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose M. Perez ◽  
Ilona Arnold-Berkovits
Keyword(s):  
Ambiguous Loss

scholarly journals Ambiguous loss in the current migration crisis: A medico-legal, psychological, and psychiatric perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 100064
Author(s):  
Debora Mazzarelli ◽  
Barbara Bertoglio ◽  
Maria Boscacci ◽  
Giulia Caccia ◽  
Clara Ruffetta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ambiguous Loss ◽  
Migration Crisis

scholarly journals Traumatized Syrian Refugees with Ambiguous Loss: Predictors of Mental Distress

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3865
Author(s):  
Anna Renner ◽  
David Jäckle ◽  
Michaela Nagl ◽  
Anna Plexnies ◽  
Susanne Röhr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Ambiguous Loss ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Prolonged Grief ◽  
Boundary Ambiguity ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic

Refugees from war zones often have missing significant others. A loss without confirmation is described as an ambiguous loss. This physical absence with simultaneous mental persistence can be accompanied by economic, social or legal problems, boundary ambiguity (i.e., uncertainty about who belongs to the family system), and can have a negative impact on mental health. The aim of this study was to identify sociodemographic and loss-related predictors for prolonged grief, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatization in treatment-seeking Syrian refugees with post-traumatic stress symptoms in Germany experiencing ambiguous loss. For the present study, data were based on the treatment-seeking baseline sample of the “Sanadak” randomized-controlled trial, analyzing a subsample of 47 Syrian refugees with post-traumatic stress symptoms in Germany experiencing ambiguous loss. Sociodemographic and loss-related questions were applied, along with standardized instruments for symptoms of prolonged grief (ICG), anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), PTSD (PDS-5) and somatization (PHQ-15). Linear regression models were used to predict mental health outcomes. Having lost a close family member and higher boundary ambiguity showed a statistically significant association with higher severity in prolonged grief. The overall model for somatization reached statistical significance, while no predictor independently did. Boundary ambiguity showed a statistically significant positive association with depression, while the overall model showed no statistically significant associations. Boundary ambiguity and missing family members seemed to be important predictors for prolonged grief. These findings support the importance of reunification programs and suggest an inclusion of the topic into psychosocial support structures, e.g., including psychoeducational elements on boundary ambiguity in support groups for traumatized individuals and families experiencing ambiguous loss. Further research is needed for a more detailed understanding of the impact of ambiguous loss on refugee populations.

scholarly journals N-effects are not-P-effects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline Bossi
Keyword(s):  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Scottish Gaelic ◽  
Negative Appraisal

AbstractThis paper analyzes pronominal competition and its pragmatic consequences in Scottish Gaelic (Celtic). In cases of competition cross-linguistically, use of a particular pronoun can trigger pragmatic effects like negative appraisal (N-effects). Although Scottish Gaelic exhibits a superficially similar pattern of competition and negative appraisal, I show that existing accounts based on referential potential (Sichel and Wiltschko 2020) and structure (Patel-Grosz and Grosz 2017) are unable to capture the Scottish Gaelic pattern. Instead, I argue that negative appraisal in Scottish Gaelic stems from the absence of positive appraisal, signaled via use of exempt anaphors. Following Charnavel (2020), I propose that exempt anaphors are anteceded by a null prolog introduced by a logophoric operator, which requires its complement to be evaluated from the perspective of prolog’s antecedent. By using an exempt anaphor, a speaker adopts the perspective of the pronoun’s referent, indicating positive appraisal since they are willing to take the referent’s point of view. Yet when a speaker chooses not to use an exempt anaphor, they refuse to make this perspective shift, which translates as negative appraisal. Apparent N-effects in Scottish Gaelic are, then, better characterized as not-P-effects.

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