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How do risk factors affect bereavement outcomes in later life? An exploration of the mediating role of dual process coping.
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Psychiatry research [Psychiatry Res] 2017 Sep; Vol. 255, pp. 297-303. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 02. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This study is an exploratory study that aims to examine the mediating role of dual process coping in the relationship between risk factors and bereavement outcomes. A total of 178 Hong Kong Chinese bereaved older adults reported their bereavement-related information, dual process coping (Dual Coping Inventory, DCI), complicated grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief; ICG), depression (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS) and loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale, DJG) in face-to-face structured interviews. Results suggested that subjective traumatic death predicted complicated grief, depression, and loneliness via loss-orientated (LO) coping, whereas having lost a spouse rather than having lost a parent predicted loneliness via restoration-orientated (RO) coping. Future interventions may reconsider the use of LO coping and explore alternatives for traumatized bereaved older adults, and encourage RO coping for those experiencing spousal loss.<br /> (Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1872-7123
- Volume :
- 255
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychiatry research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28600999
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.001