Abstract

CAMPOS, Fabyolla Perissé; PEGORIN, Laura Costa; SILVA, Nadine Xavier da  and  TOZATI, Ligia Peres. The Impacts of Pandemic for the Elaboration of Child Bereavement: A Literature Review. Vínculo [online]. 2023, vol.20, n.1, pp.66-72.  Epub Sep 20, 2024. ISSN 1806-2490.  https://doi.org/10.32467/issn.1982-1492v20n1a8.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant losses for children, and grief is a process of formulating the losses experienced in a unique way and can be very difficult and painful for those who experience it. Thus, this study aims to identify in the literature the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the child bereavement process. The guiding question was: “What are the impacts of the pandemic on the preparation of child bereavement?” and it was elaborated using the PICO strategy (Patient/Problem, Intervention, Control/Comparison and Results). The bibliographic survey was carried out in the Pepsic, Scielo and Google Academic databases using the crossing of keywords: “Children's grief” and “Pandemic” and “Infant grief” AND “COVID-19”. From the 14 articles selected, only 3 met the review criteria and were analyzed. The selected works show that grief can manifest in different ways in children during the pandemic of COVID-19 and also the importance of those responsible to assist them in this process. In view of the results, there is a need for further studies in order to have a better understanding to evaluate the impacts of the pandemic on the child bereavement process, focusing on measures to preserve the mental health of children.

Keywords : Child Bereavement; Child Mourning; Bereavement; Infant Grief; Mental Health Pandemic; COVID-19.

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