TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in meanings made according to prolonged grief symptomatology
AU - Breen, Lauren J.
AU - Karangoda, Michelle D.
AU - Kane, Robert T.
AU - Howting, Denise A.
AU - Aoun, Samar M.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This study investigated differences in specific meanings made following bereavement, according to participants’ prolonged grief symptomatology. A survey of 580 bereaved adults (Mage = 61.6 years, 70.7% female) showed 13 meanings predicted symptomatology, with the largest differences between the two lower symptomatology groups and the high symptomatology group; the latter was more likely to report no meaning. The results provide further support for empirically distinct groups within the bereaved population, not only in terms of symptoms, etiology, outcomes, courses, and treatment responses, but also in their meanings made, and may assist in advancing meaning reconstruction interventions.
AB - This study investigated differences in specific meanings made following bereavement, according to participants’ prolonged grief symptomatology. A survey of 580 bereaved adults (Mage = 61.6 years, 70.7% female) showed 13 meanings predicted symptomatology, with the largest differences between the two lower symptomatology groups and the high symptomatology group; the latter was more likely to report no meaning. The results provide further support for empirically distinct groups within the bereaved population, not only in terms of symptoms, etiology, outcomes, courses, and treatment responses, but also in their meanings made, and may assist in advancing meaning reconstruction interventions.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2017.1328467
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2017.1328467
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020478976
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 42
SP - 69
EP - 78
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 2
ER -