Adriano Zamperini

TL;DR: The authors found that attachment, representations of death, and the belief in an afterlife for animals may influence owners' bereavement and depressive outcomes, and that attachment was associated with depression in pet loss.

TL;DR: This study illustrates the results of a qualitative research conducted on the “Before I die I want to …” Polaroid® Project (BIDIWT), which is divided into two phases.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the narratives of 17 lesbian mothers (10 biological mothers and seven social mothers) in order to outline the construction of their identities as parents, their affective relationships with the partner (social mother), and the relationships established with public agencies (school, neighborhood, family networks).

TL;DR: This article presents the qualitative analysis of reports obtained through participant observations collected over a 4-year period in a series of suicide survivor self-help group meetings that analysed how grievers’ healing was managed by their own support.

TL;DR: The results show the role of death in the construction of disgust towards meat, running parallel with an emphasis on spirituality, ethical treatment of animals and the environment as reasons for avoiding meat, the concern-generating disgust and its relationship with the representation of death as a contaminating essence.