Guideline for Creating a Support Group for Adults with Down Syndrome who Suffer with Prolonged Grief

Author

Brandon Chace Warman, University of Texas at ArlingtonFollow

Graduation Semester and Year

Spring 2024

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Cynthia Plonien

Abstract

Adults with Down syndrome process and express their grief differently from the general population. There are a multitude of support groups and organizations for individuals grieving a loss and experiencing prolonged grief but there are none that exist for people with Down syndrome. This project develops a guideline for creating support groups aimed at adults with Down syndrome who experience prolonged grief. Fifty-one pieces of literature from all over the world were reviewed to formulate recommendations that were graded by seven stakeholders. These recommendations were then used to develop a guideline for creating support groups for this population. Analysis of the data suggests that the recommendations were significant (Test significance 7.896 with a degree of freedom of 4 and a p-value of 0.095). The data suggests that a guideline for creating support groups for this population could be beneficial to help this group with processing grief and to decrease symptoms of prolonged grief.

Keywords

Down syndrome, Support group, Prolonged grief, Adults

Disciplines

Applied Behavior Analysis | Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | Clinical and Medical Social Work | Community Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychological Phenomena and Processes | Public Health and Community Nursing

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Warman, Brandon Chace, "Guideline for Creating a Support Group for Adults with Down Syndrome who Suffer with Prolonged Grief" (2024). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects. 62.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/nursing_dnpprojects/62