A Death in the Family: Links between Religion, Parenting, and Family Communication about Death

The present study assessed the frequency and nature of parent–child communication about death identified predictors such communication. sample comprised 24 families who had recently lost a family member. Parents completed survey measures global parenting dimensions (warmth/acceptance, psychological control, behavioral control), parental coping (religious secular coping), religiosity, death. Almost 80% dyads discussed at least once week, children initiated approximately half these conversations. Parental warmth/acceptance was positively associated with death, whereas negative religious coping, private practices, focus were negatively Results from hierarchical linear regression analyses suggest that even when controlling for parents’ practices predicted