CONTENTS 
Part II: The Mourning of Adults 
h Loss of Spouse 
Sources 
Four phases of mourning 
Differences between widows and widowers 
Note: details of sources 
81 
81 
85 
103 
100 
7 
Loss of Child 
112 
Introduction 
Parents of fatally ill children 
Parents of infants who are stillborn or die early 
Affectional bonds of different tvpes: a note 
112 
113 
122 
124 
8 
Mourning in Other Cultures 
1206 
Beliefs and customs common to many cultures 
Mourning a grown son in Tikopia 
Mourning a husband in Japan 
120 
132 
134 
9 Disordered Variants 
137 
Two main variants 
Chronic mourning 
Prolonged absence of conscious grieving 
Mislocations of the lost person’s presence 
[Luphoria 
137 
141 
152 
101 
169 
0 Conditions Affecting the Course of Mourning 
Five categories of variable 
Identity and role of person lost 
Age and sex of person bereaved 
Causes and circumstances of loss 
Social and psychological circumstances affecting the 
bereaved 
Evidence from therapeutic intervention 
172 
172 
173 
178 
180 
187 
195 
[1 
Personalities Prone to Disordered Mourning 
Limitations of evidence 202 
Disposition to make anxious and ambivalent relationships 203 
202 
7113