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Psychological aspects of death and dying
Staňková, Lucie ; Šulová, Lenka (advisor) ; Šturma, Jaroslav (referee)
This theses concern with psychological aspects of dying and death. Its purpose is to comprehend ideas of modern people concerning death and dying (eventually to gain some kind of mental representation of death). Theses consist of two parts, theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part concerns at first with death and dying and areas connected to those. Then it covers two quite new areas related to this topic, namely deaht in psychology and various explanations of death including their psychological explanation. The empirical part uses qualitative research (used methods are half-structured interview, free aassociations and marginally also analysis of a drawing) on people's conception of death, their explanation of death and feelings related to the topic, their fears and wishes. The findings are of qualitative character and they were obtained from 28 respondents. The results of empirical part could provide valuable psychological material in the area, that is even nowadays still concidered to be a taboo. They could deepen research in the area that, due to the overall aging of population, would be more and more valuable. Keywords: death, dying, mourning, burial, death in psychology, spirituality, deaht and religion, afterlife, spiritism, near-death experience
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Accompanying Adolescent Who Go Through An Existential Crisis After Experiencing The Death Of A Loved One
Jiráková, Jana ; Beneš, Ladislav (advisor) ; Matochová, Alžběta (referee)
This thesis is focused on the topic of accompanying adolescents who go through an existential crisis after experiencing the death of a loved one. The goal of this work is to gain deeper insight into the problematics of accompanying of the mourning adolescents. The first part of the thesis is focused on the relationship of mankind and death throughout history and on the current ways of dealing with death and deceased people in our society, including the role of funeral rituals. The thesis also describes the developmental period of adolescence and the relationship of adolescents to death. The next part deals with the process of mourning, its stages, complications and, above all, the specific needs and manifestations of adolescents. The final part of the thesis is focused on the process of accompanying, its types, methods, possible problems, accompanying persons and characteristics of the existential crisis.
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Bereaved parents perception of perinatal loss
Havrdová, Marie ; Krejčí, Jiří (advisor) ; Brnula, Peter (referee)
The topic of the thesis is the perception of perinatal loss by bereaved parents. Perinatal loss is a tragic event in the life of parents that is still taboo in our society and parents are not given enough support. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to describe the perception of perinatal loss through the eyes of bereaved parents, and to further outline the main needs, communication with the spouse, their family and immediate family, and support services used, with the intention of contributing to a greater understanding and awareness to guide support in the health and social care system. Key words: perinatal loss, interpretative phenomenological analysis, paliative care, coping, mourning, support
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Women's experiences with prenatal loss in the first trimester of pregnancy
Lišková, Tereza ; Presslerová, Pavla (referee)
The aim of the rigorous thesis was to describe and analyse the experiences of women with prenatal loss in the first trimester of pregnancy. The data for the empirical part of the qualitative design was obtained through an electronic document in which the informants answered open-ended questions by writing. The research sample consisted of 17 informants who had experienced spontaneous abortion in the first trimester of their wanted pregnancy and had not yet had any children. The data collected were analysed using qualitative methods and the women's experiences were described and interpreted using grounded theory. Women's experiences were explored in several areas: experiencing abortion, loss and grief, needs, sharing, social environment reactions, protective factors and coping with the loss. Women's experiences of spontaneous abortion included mainly shock, sadness, fear, anger, guilt and feelings of failure. Many women experienced miscarriage as the death of their baby and grieved for it. Women needed to be treated with empathy and respect by those close to them and by health professionals. In particular, they perceived reactions and advice downplaying the significance of their loss as negative. The opportunity to share their experience with the wider community was very important to some women,...
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Perception of death in preschool children
HNOJSKÁ, Michaela
My bachelor´s thesis focuses on the issue of children´a perception of death in preschool age. Specifically, it explores how children cope with death of their father and the support they received within the family. The theoretical part addresses loss within the family, delving deeper into the perception of death. It also the specifics of children´s grieving and the possibilities of supporing children going through grief. Additionally it briefly discusses the topis of death in children´s books. The practical part is a research probe mapping how six children met and coped with the death of their father in preschool age. It represents how mothers and children have communicated and how much their lives have changed since this event. It turned out that the manner of death played a role in the settlement; children whose fathers were dying of a serious illness witnessed a gradual deterioration in their physical condition and accepted death as a kind of natural outcome. On the contrary, in children whose father died a violent death (suicide and murder), they reacted more strongly. In one case, where the mother kept her daughter a secret during the time of her father's death, a more difficult grieving is evident. In the monitored families, the established order of the day is observed and the children remember their father with a watch or looking at their joint photos. They sometimes use children's literature to communicate - Lentilka for Grandpa Eda, Špunťa and me or a stuffed animal who is the mediator of these conversations. In some cases, children have developed certain rituals that help them overcome the absence of their father.
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Kindergarten teachers' attitudes and experiences with discussing topics of death-related topics.
PODVALSKÁ, Aneta
This bachelor thesis investigates the competencies and experiences of preschool teachers in addressing topics related to death. The theoretical part focuses on understanding dying and death, societal attitudes towards the topic of death, and children's perception of death. The work further examines the influence of media on children's conception of death. It provides an overview of the profession of a preschool teacher and approaches to teaching related to death, how to talk to children about death and how to help children in times of grief. It also presents a range of techniques and activities that can be used in preschools to understand and process death both in a preventive and interventional sense.
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The effect of miscarriage on a women's psychological health
Bauerová, Alexandra ; Rusová, Monika (advisor) ; Mrázová, Petra (referee)
This bachelor thesis explores the psychological and social effect of a miscarriage on women's mental health. The aim of this thesis is to provide a complex overview of the physiological impact of miscarriages on women and investigate various factors, which may influence their experience. This research paper is divided into a theoretical and empirical part. In the theoretical part, the description, etiology, symptoms, most common types, diagnostics and treatment of miscarriage are provided. Additionally, the discussion of treatment includes descriptions of instrument and medicament based methods for removal of the remains of a fetus, their course of action and possible risks. Furthermore, in the theoretical part the empotions women go through and their impact on social background. In the empirical part a detailed description of the quantitative research is presented. The research was completed using a questionnaire distributed among women, who experienced a miscarriage. The questionnaire was distributed online using social networks. The results indicate women's emotionally experience grief, fear, guilt and may influence the psychological well-being of every woman. The results show that more than half of women did not have relevant information about options of psychological help. Hence, this thesis...
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Hospice Care in the Eyes of the Public
HAVLÍČKOVÁ, Hana
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of hospice care. Its goal is to compare the perception of hospice care of those people who had some personal experience with it and those who have not dealt with it. Another goal is to find out how this experience affects their perspective of dying. To achieve these goals the quantitative research strategy has been used. The method of data collecting has been realized via questionnaires. The researching cohort consisted of individuals whose relatives used the services of sv. Jan N. Neumann Hospice in Prachatice and also of the individuals who have not used such services. 89 respondents have participated on these questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested by the contingency table, chi-squared test and the T-test. The results of the research have shown that the experience with hospice care affects the potential selection of hospice care for the respondent himself or for his relatives. It also affects the appropriateness of hospice care for the last days of a dying person, and it projects into the appraisal of deceasing in hospice. The experience with hospice care also affects the arrangements for death - those with no experience are more likely unprepared. On the other hand, the experience with hospice care has not affect the appraisal of deceasing at home as a proper place for dying. It does not even have an impact on whether the respondents think or talk about their own mortality. The experience with hospice care also does not affect their opinion about the necessity of increasing the support and the public awareness about this type of care. It also does not affect the amount of fear or anxiety about respondent's death. With the issue of awareness about hospice care those respondents who had previous experiences with hospice care proved more knowledge. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to encourage the public awareness about hospice care.
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Social Exclusion of Bereaving Parents
KUCSAROVÁ, Šárka
The bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of the social exclusion of bereaved parents. The main objective was to identify the causes of voluntary isolation to the social exclusion of bereaved parents. A sub-objective was to map the specifics of communication between bereaved parents and their environment in the first year after the child's death, from the perspective of the bereaved parents. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part is devoted to a study of the available literature on death, bereavement, and social exclusion with a focus on bereaved parents. The practical part maps the differences in the communication of the bereaved parents with their environment in the period after the loss of their child, and also identifies what reactions to the environment had a positive and, on the contrary, negative influence on the communication style of the bereaved parent. Finally, it examines the influence of the reactions of the environment to the bereaved parent's child loss in terms of social perception. To achieve the aim, a qualitative research strategy based on semi-structured interviews was chosen. The thesis provides a probe into the mode of communication between bereaved parents and their environment and the changes that this communication undergoes during the first year after the child's death. The contribution of the thesis is the information depicting the attitude of the social environment towards bereaved parents, the reasons for this attitude, and its impact on bereaved parents. The thesis reveals the scope for educating society on communication with bereaved parents and highlights the grey area of care for grieving parents within social policy.
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The relationship between self-help and professional help, illustrated by the example of the Plzenska zastavka association.
FENCLOVÁ, Ivana
My thesis focuses on the relationship between self-help and proffessional help by way of an example of Plzenska zastavka association. I assessed how this cooperation (connection) works, how the two forms of help comlpement each other and potential limits and restraints. Theoretical part is aimed at defining importatnt related terms and facts using reference literature. Individual forms of helping bereaved are described in this thesis. Individual chapter deals with formation, development and the present of Plzenska zastavka association. The theoretical part is followed by a research which aim is to find out how the connection between self-help and proffessional help within Plzenska zastavka association works. The methodology used is is qualitative research in a form of semi-structured interview.
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