Table V.
Outcomes of coding related to ongoing adjustment.
| Longitudinal framework |
Codes and categories emerging during inductive coding of interview transcripts |
|
|---|---|---|
| Categories | Codes | |
| Ongoing adjustment | Continuing Bonds | Connection with the deceased |
| Last conversations | ||
| Fortunate occurrences | ||
| Missed opportunities | ||
| Sharing stories | ||
| Decisions linked to their relative | ||
| Individual grief experiences | Vulnerability | |
| Waves of grief | ||
| Making sense | ||
| Individual restoration orientation | ||
| Interaction and relationships | Observing others | |
| Adjustments in relationships | ||
| The value of openness | ||
| Shared loss and restoration orientation | ||
| Role of children | ||
| Friendships | ||
| Thoughts about IHPs, OD and recipients | Comforting and troubling thoughts | |
| Role of OD context in ongoing adjustment | ||
| New relationships | ||
| Recipients | ||
| Stability and change | Monitoring grief | |
| Value of well-defined tasks | ||
| Emergent growth | ||