Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the psychological process and facilitating factors in the participants of a bereavement support group in palliative care settings. The subjects were 12 group members. The data was analyzed by the Modified Grounded Theory Approach. 7 categories, 20 sub-categories and 145 concepts were produced and the following psychological process was identified for the group members: “the difficulties in living after the bereavement,” “expressing their feelings toward the deceased,rdquo; “information exchange about their real life,rdquo; “reorganization of the narrative after the bereavement,rdquo; “objectifying their grief through their experience,rdquo; “positive changes after the bereavementrdquo;. This study indicated that “empowerment through group interaction” improved the psychological process of group members.
