The Relationship Between Adjustment And Bereavement-Related Distress: A Longitudinal Study

The current study assessed 125 conjugally bereaved persons using multiple self-report measures as indicators of personal adjustment and bereavement distress across three times of testing (initial, 6-month, and 3-year follow-up). Cross-lagged panel analyses were conducted to examine the causal relationships between adjustment and bereavement distress indicators and overall factors. Exploratory factor analyses indicate measures of adjustment load on a single Adjustment factor and measures of bereavement distress load on a single Grief factor. Considering results using composite scores for each variable, adjustment was significantly more predictive of bereavement distress than bereavement distress was predictive of adjustment for both Time 1 to Time 3 and Time 2 to Time 3. Adjustment issues measured by indicators such as the UCLA, POMS, HSC, BDI, and RSES significantly influenced the extent of grief symptoms as measure by the BEQ and the severity of scope of grief symptoms as assessed by the IOLQ.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Henderson, John Mark

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hayslip, Bert
• Gieda, Martin
• Fleming, Donna
• Lane, Timothy

• Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
• Grief.
• Adjustment (Psychology)
• emotional recovery
• bereavement
• grief
• conjugal
• longitudinal study

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Henderson, John Mark
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50655517
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3250/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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