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Data for: Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study
No full textData forms the basis for findings as reported in the research paper 'Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study' by Maarten C Eisma published in Psychiatry Research. Should you wish to use the data for other aims than to validate the reported findings, please contact me on my University of Groningen e-mail address ([email protected])
Data for: Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study
No full textData forms the basis for findings as reported in the research paper 'Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study' by Maarten C Eisma published in Psychiatry Research. Should you wish to use the data for other aims than to validate the reported findings, please contact me on my University of Groningen e-mail address ([email protected])
Data for: Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study
No full textData forms the basis for findings as reported in the research paper 'Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study' by Maarten C Eisma published in Psychiatry Research. Should you wish to use the data for other aims than to validate the reported findings, please contact me on my University of Groningen e-mail address ([email protected])
Co-occurence of approach and avoidance in prolonged grief
No full textThe present dataset, syntax and output are connected to a paper with the same name published in European Journal of Psychotraumatology (doi: 10.1080/20008066.2023.2190544). This paper contains a detailed description of the data selection (raw data from which the current dataset was selected is available here: https://doi.org/10.34894/ZR6QDP) as well as sample characteristics, analyses and the results from the analyses.
This dataset contains a) the SPSS data for this particular paper, b) SPSS-syntax to calculate reliabilities, sample characteristics and correlations between the main variables, c) SPSS output relating to the syntax, d) Output from Latent Gold pertaining to the Latent Class Analyses (as html files).
ABSTRACT:
Background: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) has been included in the International
Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders 5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). Loss-related avoidance behavior perpetuates grief and effective interventions for prolonged grief symptoms target such avoidance behavior. Yet, behaviors characterized by approach of loss-related cues (i.e. rumination, yearning, proximity seeking) are also implicated in prolonged grief reactions.
Objective: To solve this paradox, we will test the Approach Avoidance Processing Hypothesis, which holds that loss-related approach and avoidance behaviors co-occur in PGD, using latent class analyses (LCA).
Methods: Two-hundred eighty-eight bereaved adults (92% female) completed questionnaires assessing loss-related approach behaviors (rumination, yearning, proximity seeking), loss-related avoidance behaviors (anxious avoidance, experiential avoidance) and ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR prolonged grief symptoms.
Results: LCA demonstrated the best fit for a three-class solution comprising a low approach/low avoidance class (n = 98, 34%), a high approach/low avoidance class (n = 79, 27%), and a high approach/high avoidance class (n = 111, 39%). The latter class showed significantly higher prolonged grief symptom levels and higher odds of probable PGD compared to the other classes.
Conclusions: Co-occurrence of loss-related approach and avoidance appears characteristic to prolonged grief reactions. Distinguishing bereaved people with these behavioral patterns from those solely experiencing loss-related approach behaviors may improve the efficacy of PGD therapies
Assessment of grief-related rumination: validation of the German version of the Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS)
No full textAbstract Background Bereavement can result in severe mental health problems, including persistent, severe and disabling grief symptoms, termed complicated grief. Grief rumination (i.e., repetitive thought about the causes and consequences of the loss) is a malleable cognitive risk-factor in adjustment to bereavement. The Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS) was recently developed to assess grief rumination. The present study aimed to develop and validate a German version of the UGRS. Methods An online survey including measures of demographic and loss-related variables, grief rumination (UGRS), depressive rumination (brooding and reflection), and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and complicated grief, was administered online among 159 persons (87% women) who had lost a first-degree relative in the past three years. UGRS item analyses, a confirmatory factor analysis and associations of grief rumination with brooding, reflection and symptom levels were performed. Results The internal consistency of the UGRS was good. The confirmatory factor analysis obtained a good fit for a model with five correlated grief rumination subscales. The UGRS contributed uniquely to the prediction of complicated grief symptoms even when controlling for symptoms of anxiety and depression, brooding, reflection, and demographic and loss-related variables. Discriminant validity of the UGRS was demonstrated by the fact that higher UGRS scores were found in participants with a higher likelihood of receiving a diagnosis of complicated grief (d > 1.60). Conclusion The translated UGRS showed very good psychometric properties and the correlations with maladaptive ruminative styles and complicated grief symptoms demonstrated the clinical relevance of grief rumination. Limitations concerning generalisability of the results are discussed
Assessment of grief-related rumination: validation of the German version of the Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS)
No full textAbstract Background Bereavement can result in severe mental health problems, including persistent, severe and disabling grief symptoms, termed complicated grief. Grief rumination (i.e., repetitive thought about the causes and consequences of the loss) is a malleable cognitive risk-factor in adjustment to bereavement. The Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS) was recently developed to assess grief rumination. The present study aimed to develop and validate a German version of the UGRS. Methods An online survey including measures of demographic and loss-related variables, grief rumination (UGRS), depressive rumination (brooding and reflection), and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and complicated grief, was administered online among 159 persons (87% women) who had lost a first-degree relative in the past three years. UGRS item analyses, a confirmatory factor analysis and associations of grief rumination with brooding, reflection and symptom levels were performed. Results The internal consistency of the UGRS was good. The confirmatory factor analysis obtained a good fit for a model with five correlated grief rumination subscales. The UGRS contributed uniquely to the prediction of complicated grief symptoms even when controlling for symptoms of anxiety and depression, brooding, reflection, and demographic and loss-related variables. Discriminant validity of the UGRS was demonstrated by the fact that higher UGRS scores were found in participants with a higher likelihood of receiving a diagnosis of complicated grief (d > 1.60). Conclusion The translated UGRS showed very good psychometric properties and the correlations with maladaptive ruminative styles and complicated grief symptoms demonstrated the clinical relevance of grief rumination. Limitations concerning generalisability of the results are discussed
Data for: Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study
No full textData forms the basis for findings as reported in the research paper 'Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder: An experimental study' by Maarten C Eisma published in Psychiatry Research. Should you wish to use the data for other aims than to validate the reported findings, please contact me on my University of Groningen e-mail address ([email protected]).THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV
Cognitive Reappraisal, Emotional Expression and Mindfulness in Adaptation to Bereavement: A Longitudinal Study
No full textData for SPSS, Syntax for SPSS, Output for SPSS. Please note: this is a 3-wave survey dataset. Sociodemographic and loss characteristics are derived from the first wave (T0), main variables are assessed at the second wave (T1) and third wave (T2). Connected to the paper with the same title, published in Anxiety, Stress, & Coping (doi: 10.1080/10615806.2023.2165647)
Abstract from the paper:
Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies increase prolonged grief and depressive symptoms following bereavement. However, less is known about the role of adaptive emotion regulation strategies in adaptation to loss. Therefore, we examined the concurrent and longitudinal associations of three putative adaptive emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal, emotional expression, and mindfulness) with prolonged grief and depression symptoms. A two-wave longitudinal survey was conducted. A sample of 397 bereaved Dutch adults (89% female, mean age 53 years) completed validated questionnaires to assess trait cognitive reappraisal, emotional expression, mindfulness, and prolonged grief and depression symptoms at baseline (T1) and 344 participants completed symptom measures again six months later (T2).
Results: Zero-order correlations demonstrated that mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, and emotional expression relate negatively to T1 and T2 symptom levels. In multiple regression analyses, controlling for relevant background variables, all emotion regulation strategies related negatively to T1 prolonged grief and depression symptoms. In multiple regression analyses, controlling for T1 symptoms and background variables, mindfulness predicted lower T2 depression symptoms. Adaptive emotion regulation strategies relate negatively to post-loss psychopathology symptoms, yet only mindfulness longitudinally predicts lower depression symptoms. Dispositional mindfulness may be a protective factor in psychological adaptation to bereavement
Corrigendum to “Adult attachment and prolonged grief:A systematic review and meta-analysis” [Personality and Individual Differences 214 (2023) 112315] (Personality and Individual Differences (2023) 214, (S0191886923002386), (10.1016/j.paid.2023.112315))
Full text linkCorrection to Eisma et al. (2023) In the article “Adult attachment and prolonged grief: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Maarten C. Eisma, Kathrin Bernemann, Lena Aehlig, Antje Janshen, and Bettina K. Doering (Personality and Individual Differences, 2023, Vol. 214: 112315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112315), an error occurred in the meta-analysis of the concurrent associations between attachment avoidance and prolonged grief symptoms. The error has not affected the general conclusions from the systematic review and meta-analysis. Nevertheless, the authors regret the error has occurred and hereby wish to correct it. The correlation coefficient between attachment avoidance and prolonged grief symptoms for the study by Delespaux (2013) was entered as r = 0.19 in the calculation of the meta-analysis. The correct coefficient is r = −0.21. The correction of this error resulted in changes in Section 3.3.4 of the results section, Figs. 3, 4 and Table 4. Meta-analysis of concurrent associations between attachment avoidance and prolonged grief symptoms The random effects model demonstrated a pooled correlation coefficient of small size between attachment avoidance and prolonged grief symptoms (r = 0.13; k = 15; 95 % CI: 0.01–0.24, Fig. 3). The LFK index was −1.00, with the Doi plot indicating no asymmetry (i.e., publication bias). Heterogeneity among studies was significant (Q = 206.88, p ≤ .001) with a very high I2 (93%). The subgroup analysis comparing studies that measured attachment avoidance in general (r = 0.23; k = 10; 95 % CI: 0.19–0.27; I2 = 30 %) and studies that measured attachment avoidance in relation to the deceased (r = −0.07; k = 5; 95 % CI: −0.31−0.19; I2 = 94 %) yielded a significant difference between the groups, Q(1) = 122.76, p ≤ .001 (Fig. 4). The sensitivity analysis identified three outliers as outside of the 95 % CI of the pooled correlation coefficient (Delespaux et al., 2013; Meert et al., 2010; Smigelsky et al., 2020). Table 4 presents the results of the MetaXL sensitivity analysis by showing the pooled correlation coefficient when each respective study is excluded. Removal of the three outliers increased the pooled correlation coefficient (r = 0.20; k = 12; 95 % CI: 0.15–0.24) and reduced heterogeneity (Q = 16.65, p = .119; I2 = 34 %). After removal of the outliers, the difference in the subgroup analysis comparing attachment assessments (attachment avoidance in general: r = 0.22; k = 9; 95 % CI: 0.18–0.25; I2 = 0 %; attachment avoidance in relation to the deceased: r = 0.11; k = 3; 95 % CI: −0.07-0.30; I2 = 72 %) was no longer significant (Q = 3.37, p = .066).[Figure</p
Public stigma of prolonged grief disorder:An experimental study
Full text linkProlonged grief disorder (PGD), characterized by severe, persistent and disabling grief, is being considered for inclusion in the International Classification of Diseases’ 11 (ICD-11) and a related disorder, Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder (PCBD), is included for further investigation in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5). Establishing diagnoses for pathological grief may lead to stigmatization. Additionally, it has been argued that people experiencing severe grief responses after loss of non-family members (i.e., disenfranchised grief) may experience more stigmatizing reactions. Yet, no research to date has investigated this. To fill this gap in knowledge, 379 adults from the general population were randomly allocated to read one of 4 different vignettes of a person with and without a grief disorder diagnosis who had lost a friend or a spouse. After reading the vignettes, we assessed: 1) characteristics ascribed to the person, 2) emotional reactions to the person, and 3) desire for social distance. Notably, people with a diagnosis were attributed relatively more negative characteristics, and elicited more anger, anxiety and pro-social emotions and a stronger desire for social distance. Stigmatization and its negative consequences appear a valid concern to the establishment of pathological grief disorders in diagnostic manuals
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