Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD student of Psycology in Tarbiat Modares University. Tehran. Iran.

2 Assistant professor, Department of psychology, Shahid Beheshti University. Tehran. Iran

Abstract

Losing a beloved person with whom one is deeply
involved is like falling into an abyss of infinity leading to an undesirable
feeling which in turn may cause mourning. The grief reactions differ from
person to person depending on the circumstances of the occurred calamities,
religious, social and cultural beliefs and in general the perceived meaning of
the death for the bereaved. Adolescents are one of the vulnerable groups in
facing the loss. Belongingness during adolescence is of an essence, as the
adolescent seeks to shape ego identity in oneself. The grief process may
nullify the personal assumptions regarding the world (spiritual assimilation),
relations with others, and personal identity (inner world). Hence, it is
indispensable to provide interventions for healing the wounds stemming from the
loss. Among various approaches, play therapy is one of the best treatments for
grief in the juveniles. Play therapy is the process of making conscious and
verbalization of the unconscious and the nonverbal issues. Sand tray therapy is
a sort of play therapy which provides people an opportunity to express
themselves in a creative and nonverbal way. Currently this kind of therapy is
considered as an effective method to work with children and adolescents.
However, despite the high rate of mortality in Iran, there is not enough
research conducted in this regard. In light of the great significance of
cultural differences in the resolution of grief, it is essential to evaluate a
variety of theories effective in resolving this process in order to construct a
custom-made protocol for sand tray therapy in Iranian population. Subsequently,
25 volunteers, who had lost one of their close relatives between the previous
two months to two years, were selected through convenient sampling as the
subjects of the study; they completed the Grief Experience Inventory, Adjective
Check List, and two researcher made questionnaires named Life Story and Dream
Memo Questioners. Ultimately, a protocol to induce reduction of the severity of
grief experience was developed via collecting data from the questionnaires
(descriptive and inferential statistics) and the theories relevant to the
resolution of the grief process

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