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ADOLESCENT BEREAVEMENT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT PERCEPTION OF NEED ACCORDING TO GENDER

Katzenmeyer, Lynn M. (Writer) (Last Name) (First) (Initial) Adolescent Bereavement and Social Support: Perceptions of Need According to Gender (Title) _ M. S. in Guidance and Counseling Leslie Koepke, PhD 12/01 61 pages (Graduate Major) (Research Advisor) (Month/Year) (No. of Pages) American Psychological Association (APA) Style Manual (Name of Style Manual Used in this Study) In the empirical studies that have specifically addressed adolescent grief recovery, the issue of gender differences in perceptions of social support following bereavement has not been thoroughly examined. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of difference in perceptions of social support for bereaved adolescents according to gender. 50 males and 50 females from freshman psychology classes at the University of Wisconsin-Stout participated in the study. During their years in high school, all of them had experienced the death of at least one person who was close to them. The researcher used a self-constructed survey instrument to measure the subjects’ perceptions of the social support they received and the social support they desired following their loss. A