Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn is a revision of Men Don’t Cry, Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief. In this work, Doka and Martin elaborate on their conceptual model of styles or patterns of grieving – a model that has generated both research and acceptance since the publication of the first edition in 1999. Doka and Martin explore the different ways that individuals grieve, noting that gender is only one factor that affects an individual’s style or pattern of grief.
Key Features
- Differentiates between intuitive grievers and instrumental grievers.
- Explores blended or dissonant grieving patterns.
- Firmly grounded in social science theory and research.
- Emphasizes clinical implications for supporting different types of grievers.
Additional Information
A particular strength of the work is the emphasis placed on the clinical implications of the model on the ways that different types of grievers might best be supported through individual counseling or group support.
