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Maternal Loss

Maternal Loss is a literary construct that denotes the thematic representation of the physical or emotional absence of a mother figure in narrative texts, distinguishing it from broader familial loss by focusing specifically on the maternal relationship and its psychological, social, and symbolic repercussions within the context of motherhood.

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468

Authors

251

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2017–2026

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Publications

185

Maternal Deprivation Reassessed.

Ralph LaRossa, Michael Rutter · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1982 · 635 citations

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Maternal Deprivation, 1972-1978: New Findings, New Concepts, New Approaches

Michael Rutter · Child Development · 1979 · 402 citations

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Mothers: The Unacknowledged Victims

Gerald R. Patterson, Eleanor E. Maccoby · Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · 1980 · 359 citations

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Maternal Deprivation, 1972-1978: New Findings, New Concepts, New Approaches

Michael Rutter · Child Development · 1979 · 341 citations

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Depression and Loss

George W. Brown, Tirril Harris, John J. Copeland · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1977 · 338 citations

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Authors

468

  1. GW
    George W. Brown

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 611 citations

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  2. RD
    Ronit D. Leichtentritt

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    3 publications · 141 citations

    3

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  3. AB
    Antonia Bifulco

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 273 citations

    3

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  4. TH
    Tirril Harris

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 536 citations

    3

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  5. LL
    Linda L. Layne

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

    3 publications · 163 citations

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Institutions

251

  1. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    146 citations

  2. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    184 citations

  3. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    55 citations

  4. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    239 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    541 citations

  6. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    515 citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    364 citations

  8. National Institute of Mental Health

    Bethesda, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    219 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 239 citations

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  2. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

    5 publications · 142 citations

    5

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  3. Death Studies

    5 publications · 248 citations

    5

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  4. Social Science & Medicine

    4 publications · 237 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 91 citations

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