Luto Infantil

Abstract

The general objective of this research was to identify possible interventions of the psychologist in the elaboration of mourning with the death of one of the parents in childhood. The study was delineated from a qualitative, bibliographic research of an exploratory nature. The data collection was done through books, articles, theses and dissertations where the instrument used to collect the data was the note sheet, and the integrative synthesis was adopted as a reference for analysis. For the bibliographical research, it was initially carried out the reading and selection of articles with the themes: mourning, infant mourning, childhood, child development and parental mourning. The results pointed to the importance of understanding and respecting the child's cognitive understanding of grief as well as coping strategies according to maturative aspects, causes of death and external factors related to the child, such as family reaction to the death of the parent, as well as the relationship of the child with that parent who died. It was possible to identify that the family has an important aspect to the phenomenon, since the form found by it may help the meanings attributed to mourning, as well as to support the absence of the deceased relative. From the results, it is possible to conclude that psychology can contribute to situations of child mourning, offering a space for listening and symbolizing both the children and their families (sic).