Adolescent sibling bereavement as a catalyst for spiritual development: a model for understanding.

While our understanding of adolescent bereavement has greatly expanded in recent years, one area yet to be clarified is the relationship between grief following a significant loss and spirituality. This article strengthens our understanding of this connection in two ways. First, the authors present a conceptual model explaining how developmental changes in cognitive capacity during the adolescent life stage make it possible to challenge one's beliefs and search for new meaning.

Ethnicity and the grief response: Mexican American versus Anglo American college students.

Responses of 39 Mexican American college students were compared with those of 61 Anglo students via the Grief Experience Inventory. All participants had experienced, within the prior 2 years, the death of an individual they regarded as "close." In comparisons of ethnic groups, significant differences were found on two scales: Loss of Control and Somatization.

Occupational therapists' beliefs and practices with regard to spirituality and therapy.

Objective: What is the role of occupational therapists with regard to clients' spirituality? What activities address spirituality in occupational therapy? Whom do practitioners think should be responsible for helping clients with their spiritual needs? The objectives of this study were to address these and other related questions by validating a previously used questionnaire and establishing a baseline of occupational therapists' opinions and practices about spirituality and therapy on which future research can be built.

Method: A previously piloted questionnaire was revised to investigate the opinions of 500 U.S.