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Important relationships do not end in death; there is too much at stake. After all, those persons with whom we have had a relationship of attachment were important sources of companionship, fulfillment, and security. They may have been central, also, at a more basic level, to our sense of self- and shared identity in their role of lover, spouse, child, or parent. They gave our lives meaning. They may have been a link to our future or to our past, a focus for our energies and our own efforts to make a difference, and a source of emotional rewards. Death may result in the loss of a loved one’s physical presence, but not the emotional or symbolic presence.
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Hansson, R.O., Berry, J.O., Berry, M.E. (1999). The Bereavement Experience. In: Adams, J.M., Jones, W.H. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4773-0_16
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