PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

Listening to adolescents: Talking about the death of the father. A qualitative study: In this article we discuss some aspects of teenagers’ experiences with the death of a parent and how they talk about their experience. Since empirical knowledge about mourning processes in adolescents and their resulting illness-related disorders like personality disorders has so far only been rudimentarily available, it seems necessary for psychotherapeutic practice to advance the development of theory and treatment concepts through qualitative research. In the interdisciplinary context, linguistic conversation analysis proves helpful and productive. It therefore provides the methodological framework for the two case studies and their brief analysis presented below.