1. The Journey Of Adulthood, 5/e Helen L. Bee & Barbara R. Bjorklund Chapter 13 The Meaning of Death The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

2. The Meaning Of Death Kalish (1985) Death as an organizer of time. Death as punishment. Death as transition. Death as loss. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

3. Fear and Anxiety About Death Middle-aged adults show greatest fear of death. Personal qualities are predictive of fear of death: religiosity neuroticism personal competence

4. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. The Process of Dying Kübler-Ross has developed a model of coming to term with death. Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

5. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. The Process of Dying Limitations: Methodological flaws Controversy over notion of stages of dying Missing process of farewells

6. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. The Process of Dying Significant individual differences in emotional and physical process of death. Positive avoidance fighting spirit stoic acceptance, helplessness/hopelessness anxious preoccupation.

7. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Where Death Occurs Majority of adults report that they would prefer to die in their own homes, but majority die in hospitals or nursing homes. Hospice care provides dying people care in their own homes, is an alternative to other medical interventions. Hospice care is palliative rather than curative.

8. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Physician-Assisted Suicide Living wills Oregon’s death with dignity act Physician-assisted suicide

9. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. After Death: Rituals and Grieving Rituals associated with death apply meaning to death and the life of the person. The process of grief can be viewed through Kübler-Ross’s stage theory. Personality and coping influences how one deals with grief. Bowlby describes four stages of grief: shock yearning despair reorganization

10. The Journey of Adulthood 5/e by Bee & Bjorklund. Copyright © 2004 by Pearson Education. All rights reserved. After Death: Rituals and Grieving Wortman and Silver identified patterns of grief: normal grieving chronic grieving delayed grieving absent grieving Loss can also lead to growth. Awareness of death can help define and give meaning to daily life.