dc.contributor.author | Meen, Gunhild Skipenes | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindeman, Sari Kaarina | |
dc.contributor.author | Reime, Monika Alvestad | |
dc.contributor.author | Selseng, Lillian Bruland | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-11T11:55:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-11T11:55:42Z | |
dc.date.created | 2024-02-20T13:33:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0968-7637 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3126086 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Deaths caused by problematic substance use are an international concern. In bereavement, meaning-making is an essential activity embedded in social and cultural contexts. There is a lack of knowledge about how sociocultural perceptions and stigma associated with problematic substance use and drug-related deaths influence how bereaved siblings give meaning to the loss of their loved ones. Methods: This article investigates bereaved siblings’ meaning-making stories about the drug-related death of their brother or sister. The study involves in-depth interviews with 14 bereaved siblings, analysed via a discursive psychologic perspective. Results: Participants used four groups of sense-making stories about drug-related deaths: ‘death as the only outcome,’ ‘death caused by difficulties in the family,’ ‘death caused by lack of public help’, and ‘stories of uncertainty and doubt.’ Conclusion: By identifying culturally constructed storylines used by participants about their siblings’ deaths, positionings of blame and responsibility are displayed, leading to social consequences that may affect how siblings bereaved by drug-related deaths cope with their loss and adapt to life without their brother or sister. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Bereaved siblings’ stories of drug-related death | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2024 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 9 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Drugs: education prevention and policy | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09687637.2024.2317150 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2248068 | |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 300732 | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |