The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss
The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology.
This innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.
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The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss
The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology.
This innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.
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The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

by John Archer
The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss
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The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

by John Archer

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The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology.
This innovative new work will be required reading for developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415178587
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/03/1998
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Archer

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction: what is grief?, 2 The historical background to grief research, 3 Accounts of grief from other sources, 4 The biological context of grief, 5 The grief process: an analytic approach, 6 The grief process: holistic views, 7 The resolution of grief, 8 The mental processes of grief, 9 An evolutionary view of individual differences in grief, 10 The relationship with the deceased, 11 Loss of a son or daughter, 12 Death of a relative or friend, 13 The influence of the age and sex of the bereaved, 14 Conclusions, References, Author index, Subject index
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