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Intervention Study on Bereaved Children: Literature Analysis and Review Based on Scoping Review

ZHAO Fang, ZHU Ning   

  1. School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
  • Received:2020-08-23 Online:2021-03-15 Published:2021-03-29

Abstract: Bereavement is a major traumatic event for children, and bereaved children will face arduous adaptation tasks. Studies have shown that not only children who have difficulty adapting after bereavement, but all children who have lost their parents will benefit from some time-limited interventions. This study adopted the Scoping Review proposed by Arksey and O’Malley and searched 3 domestic electronic databases and 5 foreign English electronic databases. Some problems are discovered after standard screening and extraction: intervention services for bereaved children, few as they are, mainly focus on individual cases and group interventions, failing to establish a sharing and inter-linked service mechanism. Most of relative studies rely on individual cases, which lack design and tools for scientific and rigorous evaluation and long-term return visits. On the other hand, overseas studies on intervention services have developed into a scientific system, which is characterized by multiple types of intervention, interdisciplinary groupwork and scientific paradigm. In conclusion, it is suggested that under the current domestic conditions intervention services for bereaved children should be incorporated into the child welfare service system. Besides, an effective mechanism should be established utilizing the characteristics of local culture and the advantages of professional social work and combining preventive and therapeutic intervention strategies to render service and help tomore bereaved children.

Key words: bereaved children, intervention services, Scoping Review

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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