Grief interrupted: the experience of loss among incarcerated women.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2011
Abstract
Incarcerated women face a number of stressors apart from the actual incarceration. Nearly half of all women in prison experience the death of a loved one during their incarceration. Our purpose for this study was to explore the experience of grief and loss among incarcerated women using a phenomenological method. Our study approach followed van Manen's method of phenomenology and Munhall's description of existential lifeworlds. Our analysis revealed four existential lifeworlds: temporality: frozen in time; spatiality: no place, no space to grieve; corporeality: buried emotions; and relationality: never alone, yet feeling so lonely. The findings generated from this study can help mental health providers as well as correctional professionals develop policies and programs that facilitate the grief process of incarcerated women within the confines of imprisonment.
Volume
21
Issue
4
First Page
454
Last Page
464
ISSN
1552-7557
Published In/Presented At
Harner, H. M., Hentz, P. M., & Evangelista, M. C. (2011). Grief interrupted: the experience of loss among incarcerated women. Qualitative health research, 21(4), 454–464. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732310373257
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
20581074
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article