One or multiple complicated grief(s)? The role of kinship on grief reactions
(2017) Clinical Psychological Science — Vol. 5, n° 5, p. 851-857 (2017)
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- Previous research has paid little attention to the role of kinship in understanding the specific profiles of complicated grief (CG) reactions. To address this under-investigated topic, the Inventory of Complicated Grief was used in five groups of bereaved participants (N = 1,105) that differed in their family relationship with the deceased (child, spouse/romantic partner, sibling, parent, and grand-parent). Results identified kinship relationship as the variable that predicted the highest amount of variance in the intensity of CG (Standardized β = -.55), above other predictors such as gender, time since loss or circumstances of death. More importantly, distinct profiles of CG reactions were found depending on kinship. These results highlight kinship as a major predictor of CG and open a new line of research that serves to clarify the role of kinship along with other risk factors.
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Fernandez Alcantara, M., & Zech, E. (2017). One or multiple complicated grief(s)? The role of kinship on grief reactions. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(5), 851-857. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702617707291 (Original work published 2017)