Department of Family Social Science professor emeritus Pauline Boss coined the term Ambiguous Loss Theory for her pioneering research into what we feel when a loved one disappears.
On the anniversary of the week Malaysian Airline Flight 370 went missing, Boss was interviewed in articles reflecting on the past year for loved ones of the missing, some of whom are looking for “some measure of meaning in the meaninglessness of ambiguous loss,” Boss said.
Read more in the following articles:
Salon: Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, one year later: “Nothing is certain, as everything is possible”
ABC News: As world Moves on, MH370 families find solace in each other
International Business Times: MH370 one year later: no closure for families as search effort continues to flounder
New York Daily News: ‘We cling on to the hope’: One year after MH370 disappeared, loved ones of 239 people on board haunted by unsolved mystery
