Bereaved adolescents (N = 90) who had experienced relatively common death losses (e.g., grandparent, friend) completed the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief and the Emotional Closeness Scale and Continuum. Results indicated that present grief was significantly higher for friend than for grandparent death loss. A MANOVA revealed that those in the high closeness group reported significantly higher...

It has been suggested that pathological grief should become either a separate category of mental disorder or be integrated within existing, extended classifications in systems such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Despite strong arguments for inclusion, and advancements by scientists toward development of diagnostic classification, there has been a lack of critical ...

The current cross-cultural study investigated grief reactions of bereaved individuals following the death of a pet. We used qualitative methodology to compare, analyze, and report responses of U.S. and French Canadian participants to the last open-ended question on our online pet loss survey. We explored the degree to which our data illustrated pet loss as disenfranchised grief and asked whethe...

Grief is regarded as a critical life event. Unresolved grief issues can interfere with quality of life and can result in emotional, behavioral, physical, and cognitive symptoms. If unresolved, this can result in suicidal ideation. Counselors can be called upon and often do work with grief issues in clients, including U.S. Military veterans. This study examined whether 93 master’s-level counselo...

objective : identification of the risk factors and psychological correlates of prolonged grief disorder is vital for health promotions in relatives of persons who died of cancer. the aim of this research was to investigate the role of defense mechanisms, character dimension of personality and demographic factors on complicated grief following a loss of a family member to cancer. method : a numb...

Correspondence: Ruth Davies, School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. E-mail: [email protected] DAVIES R. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 46(5), 506–513 New understandings of parental grief: literature review Background. Health professionals have a critical role in supporting bereaved parents and rely on models of grief to inform and gui...

CONTEXT The stage theory of grief remains a widely accepted model of bereavement adjustment still taught in medical schools, espoused by physicians, and applied in diverse contexts. Nevertheless, the stage theory of grief has previously not been tested empirically. OBJECTIVE To examine the relative magnitudes and patterns of change over time postloss of 5 grief indicators for consistency with...

OBJECTIVE To assess how euthanasia in terminally ill cancer patients affects the grief response of bereaved family and friends. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre for oncology patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 189 bereaved family members and close friends of terminally ill cancer patients who died by euthanasia and 316 bereaved family members a...

OBJECTIVE Based on the present authors' research and several approaches to grief related to loss by death and nonmalignant chronic pain, the paper suggests a new integrated theoretical framework for intervention in clinical settings. METHODS An open qualitative review of the literature on grief theories was performed searching for a new integrated approach in the phenomenological tradition. W...

OBJECTIVE This study examined whether dimensions of complicated grief (CG) could be distinguished from dimensions of depression and whether these dimensions were differentially affected by group psychotherapy for CG. METHOD A total of 398 psychiatric outpatients who had experienced one or more significant death losses provided ratings on standard measures of grief and depression. Factor analy...