Prolonged grief and depression: A latent class analysis

Recent trends in grief research have been exploring how symptoms of prolonged disorder (PGD) and depression co-occur bereaved individuals using Latent Class Analysis (LCA). However, the PGD criteria kept undergoing changes newest DSM-5 not captured these studies. Also, previous LCA-grief studies conducted Western cultures, focusing more on adult populations. In this study, we applied LCA a non-Western sample young middle-aged adults to examine whether consistently observed 3 latent classes will emerge. We explored if socio-demographic, loss-related factors, religiousness, spirituality, continuing bond deceased, differentiated classes. confirmed comprising Resilient class (20.6%), predominantly (44.7%), combined Depression (34.7%). Age, time elapsed since loss, relationship with deceased as well spiritual beliefs were differential predictors membership. This study increases our conceptual clinical understanding predictability symptomology outcome, according following bereavement sample. addition which was strongest correlate, attention should be paid important sociocultural frameworks management.