Effect of Bereavement on Prosocial behaviour among Adults: A Review
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Abstract
People who lost their loved ones are the ones who are badly affected mentally, socially, emotionally and even physically. During and post covid times were full of challenges and problems for all the individuals who have lost their loved ones. These people are bereaving differently on different levels after the post covid time. A review was done on 60 papers related to bereavement and non-bereavement showing prosocial behaviour.. The aim of the study is to focus on gender as a mediating variable between bereavement and prosocial behaviour. It was seen that pro-social behaviour showed a positive correlation with bereavement. No direct correlation of gender as a mediating factor between pro-social behaviour and bereavement was found. Other factors such as the duration of bereavement are yet to be explored. Using prosocial acts as an intervention for overcoming the pain and suffering of a bereaved person is there, but prosocial behaviour as a consequence of bereavement is yet to be explored. Very few studies are there which proved the fact that prosocial behaviour is an outcome or consequence of bereavement. This paper may be relevant for social workers and other professionals employed in positions in which they encounter trauma and high emotional stress while bereaving. Prosocial as an intervention. it is well established. However, seeing prosocial as a consequence of bereavement is something that studies should focus on.