The National Archive of Grief Support Studies
The National Archive of Grief Support Studies(NAGSS) database provides bibliographical information and summaries of recent articles selected for their relevance to grief and bereavement service providers. The articles that are summarized are selected from scholarly, peer-reviewed journals and are intended to highlight key concepts as well as provide a brief statement of implications for service providers. Bibliographical information may be used to obtain the original article.
All NAGSS Summaries
A Call for Sound Empirical Testing and Evaluation of Criteria for Complicated Grief Proposed for DSM-V
Authors:
Prigerson, Holly G.
Maciejewski, Paul K.
Source:
Omega: 2005-2006. Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 9-19.
A Framework for Healing from Loss: A Further Integration of Psychodynamic and Social Work Theory
Authors:
McCarthy, Justine
Source:
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment: 2006. Volume 14, Issue 3, pp. 45-79.
A Modest Proposal about Bereavement and Recovery
Authors:
Balk, David E.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 84-93.
A Support Group Intervention for Children Bereaved by Parental Suicide
Authors:
Brownson, Lynn
Mitchell, Ann M.
Wesner, Sue
Garand, Linda
Gale, Deborah Dysart
Havill, Allyson
Source:
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing: 2007, 20(1), pp. 3-13.
African Americans in Bereavement: Grief as a Function of Ethnicity
Authors:
Laurie, Anna
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 2, pp. 173-193.
An Empirical Examination of the Stage Theory of Grief
Authors:
Zhang, Baohui
Block, Susan D.
Prigerson, Holly G.
Source:
Journal of the American Medical Association: 2007, 29, pp. 716-723.
An Investigation of the Relationship of Personality, Coping, and Grief Intensity Among Bereaved Mothers
Authors:
Robinson, Tristan
Marwit, Samuel
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 677-696.
An Item Response Theory Analysis of a Measure of Complicated Grief
Authors:
Boelen, Paul A.
Hoijtink, Herbert
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33, pp.101-129.
And Then the Dog Died
Authors:
Kaufman, Kenneth R.
Kaufman, Nathaniel D.
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 61-76.
Are We Getting It Right? Parents’ Perceptions of Hospice Child Bereavement Support Services
Authors:
Croy, P.
King, M.
Barnes, J.
Wilkinson, S.
Source:
Palliative Medicine: 2007. Volume 21, pp. 401-407.
“We will remember them”: A mixed-method study to explore which post-funeral remembrance activities are most significant and important to bereaved people living with loss, and why those particular activities are chosen
Authors:
Vale-Taylor, Pamela
Source:
Palliative Medicine: 2009, 23, pp. 537-544.
Bereaved Adults’ Evaluations of Grief Management Messages: Effects of Message Person Centeredness, Recipient Individual Differences, and Contextual Factors
Authors:
Burleson, B. R.
Rack, Jessica J.
Bodie, G. D.
Holmstrom, A. J.
Servaty-Seib, H.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 399-427.
Bereavement and Bereavement Care in Health and Social Care: Provision and Practice in Scotland
Authors:
Wilcock, Sylvia E.
Brown, Allison
Peter, Wimpenny
Unwin, Rachel
Work, Fiona
Dempster, Paul
MacDuff, Colin
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(3), pp. 436-262.
Bereavement and the Brain: Invitation to a Conversation Between Bereavement Researchers and Neuroscientists
Authors:
O’Connor, Mary-Francis
Source:
Death Studies: 2005. Volume 29, pp, 905-922.
Bereavement Practices Among California Hospices: Results of a Statewide Survey
Authors:
Siljestrom, Cindy
Foliart, Donna E.
Clausen, Margaret
Source:
Death Studies: 2001. Volume 25, pp. 461-467.
Bereavement Support for Couples Following Death of a Baby: Program Development and 14-Year Exit Analysis
Authors:
Reilly-Smorawski, Bernadette
Armstrong, Anne V.
Source:
Death Studies: 2002. Volume 26, pp. 21-37.
Bereavement Support in an Acute Hospital: An Irish Model
Authors:
Walsh, T.
Foreman, M.
Curry, P.
O’Driscoll, S.
McCormack, M.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 768-786.
Complicated Grief and the Trend Toward Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Authors:
Matthews, Laura T.
Marwit, Samuel J.
Source:
Death Studies: 2004. Volume 28, pp. 849-863.
Confirming the Distinctiveness of Complicated Grief from Depression and Anxiety Among Adolescents
Authors:
Dillen, Let
Fontaine, Johnny R. J.
Verhofstadt-Deneve, Leni
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 437-461.
Continuing Bonds and Reconstructing Meaning: Mitigating Complications in Bereavement
Authors:
Baldwin, Scott A.
Gillies, James
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 715-738.
Couples at Risk Following the Death of Their Child: Predictors of Grief Versus Depression
Authors:
Stroebe, Margaret
Schut, Henk
Stroebe, Wolfgang
van den Bout, Jan
van der Heijden, Peter
Dijkstra, Iris
Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek
Source:
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology: 2005, 73(4), pp. 617-623.
Culture and Continuing Bonds: A Prospective Comparison of Bereavement in the United States and the People’s Republic of China
Authors:
Lalande, Kathleen M.
Bonanno, George A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2006, 30, pp. 303-324.
Custodial Grandparenting: Perceptions of Loss by Non-Custodial Grandparent Peers
Authors:
Hayslip
Jr., Bert
Glover, Rebecca J.
Source:
Omega: 2008-2009, 58(3), pp. 163-175.
Descriptions of Social Support in Treatment Narratives of Complicated Grievers
Authors:
Wilsey, Stephanie A.
Shear, Katherine M.
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 801-819.
Do Rates of Mental Disorders and Existential Distress among Advanced Stage Cancer Patients Increase as Death Approaches?
Authors:
Nilsson, Matthew
Zhang, Baohui
Trice, Elizabeth D.
Kissane, David W.
Breibart, William
Prigerson, Holly G.
Lichtenthal, Wendy G.
Source:
Psycho-Oncology: 2009, 18, pp. 50-61.
Early Parental Adjustment and Bereavement After Childhood Cancer Death
Authors:
Jovcevska, Vesna
Tallet, Susan
Schneiderman, Gerald
Barrera, Maru
O'Connor, Kathleen
D'Agostino, Norma Mammone
Spencer, Lynlee
Nicholas, David
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(6), pp. 497-520.
Effects of Support Groups on Post Traumatic Stress Responses in Women Experiencing Stillbirth
Authors:
Cacciatore, Joanne
Source:
Omega: 2007. Volume 55, Number 1, pp. 71-90.
Elevated Rates of Prolonged Grief Disorder in African Americans
Authors:
Goldsmith, B.
Morrison, R. S.
Vanderwerker, L. C.
Prigerson, H. G.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 352-365.
Empowering People at Work in the Face of Death and Bereavement
Authors:
Charles-Edwards, David
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 420-436.
End-of -Life Communication and Adjustment: Pre-Loss Communication as a Predictor of Bereavement-Related Outcomes
Authors:
Metzger, Patricia L.
Gray, Matt J.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 301-325.
Ethical Issues in the Study of Bereavement: The Opinions of Bereaved Adults
Authors:
Beck, Andrea M.
Konnert, Candace A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 783-799.
Examination of Proposed Criteria for Complicated Grief in People Confronted with Violent or Non-Violent Loss
Authors:
Boelen, Paul A.
van den Bout, Jan
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 155-164.
Exploration of Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients Who Are Grieving
Authors:
White, Patricia
Ferszt, Ginette
Source:
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: 2009, 21, pp. 231-240.
Exploring Sibling Bereavement
Authors:
Balk, David E.
Source:
Death Studies: 2000. Volume 24, Number 7, pp. 661-667.
Functional Neuroanatomy of Grief: An fMRI Study
Authors:
Lane, Richard D.
Gundel, Harald
O'Connor, Mary-Frances
Littrell, Lindsay
Fort, Carolyn
Source:
American Journal of Psychiatry: November 2003, 160(1), pp. 1946-1953.
Grief and the Separation of Home and Work
Authors:
Walter, Tony
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 402-410.
Grief Processing and Deliberate Grief Avoidance: A Prospective Comparison of Bereaved Spouses and Parents in the United States and the People’s Republic of China
Authors:
Bonanno, George A.
Papa, Anthony
Lalande, Kathleen
Zhang, Nanping
Noll, Jennie G.
Source:
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology: 2005, 73(1), pp. 86-98.
Group Composition and Group Therapy for Complicated Grief
Authors:
Piper, William E.
Ogrodniczuk, John S.
Joyce, Anthony S.
Weideman, Rene
Rosie, John S.
Source:
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology: 2007, 75(1), pp. 116-125.
Homicide Bereavement Counseling: A Survey of Providers
Authors:
Hatton, Rebecca
Source:
Death Studies: 2003. Volume 27, pp. 427-448.
How They Died, Time Since Loss, and Bereavement Outcomes
Authors:
Feigelman, W.
Jordan, J. R.
Gorman, B. S.
Source:
Omega: 2008-2009, 58(4), pp. 251-273.
Humor, Laughter, and Happiness in the Daily Lives of Recently Bereaved Spouses
Authors:
De Vries, Brian
Lund, Dale A.
Utz, Rebecca
Caserta, Michael S.
Source:
Omega: 2008-2009, 58(2), pp. 87-105.
Identifying and Responding to Ethical and Methodological Issues in After-Death Interviews with Next-of Kin
Authors:
Williams, B. R.
Woodby, L. L.
Bailey, F. A.
Burgio, K. L.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 197-236.
Implementing a Triangulation Protocol in Bereavement Research: A Methodological Discussion
Authors:
Briller, Sherlyn H.
Meert, Kathleen L.
Schim, Stephanie Myers
Thurston, Celia S.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 3, pp. 245-260.
Implications of Parental Suicide and Violent Death for Promotion of Resilience of Parentally-Bereaved Children
Authors:
Brown, Ana C.
Sandler, Irwin N.
Tein, Jenn-Yun
Liu, Xianchen
Haine, Rachel A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Vol. 31, pp. 301-335.
Informal Carer Bereavement Outcome: Relation to Quality of End of Life Support and Achievement of Preferred Place of Death
Authors:
Grande, G. E.
Ewing, G.
Source:
Palliative Medicine: 2009, 23, pp. 248-256.
International Comparison of Studies Using the Perinatal Grief Scale: A Decade of Research on Pregnancy Loss
Authors:
Toedter, L. J.
Lasker, J. N.
Janssen, H. J. E. M.
Source:
Death Studies: 2001. Volume 25, pp. 205-228.
Internet Support Groups for Suicide Survivors: A New Mode for Gaining Bereavement Assistance
Authors:
Jordan, John R.
Feigelman, William
Gorman, Bernard S.
Beal, Karyl Chastain
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 3, pp. 217-243.
Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Complicated Grief: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors:
Wagner, Birgit
Knaevelsrud, Christine
Maercker, Andreas
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 429-453.
Investigating Adaptive Grieving Styles: A Delphi Study
Authors:
Doughty, Elizabeth A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 462-480.
Is There More to Complicated Grief Than Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? A Test of Incremental Validity
Authors:
Bonanno, George A.
Yuval, Nevia
Mancini, Anthony
Coifman, Karin G.
Litz, Brett
Insel, Beverly
Source:
Journal of Abnormal Psychology: 2007, Volume 116, Number 2, pp. 342-351.
Making Sense of Loss: A Content Analysis of End-of-Life Practitioners’ Therapeutic Approaches
Authors:
Holland, Jason M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Currier, Joseph M.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Number 2, pp. 121-141.
Management of Challenges of Conjugal Loss Among Chinese Widowers: An Exploratory Study
Authors:
Woo, Ivan
M. H.
Chan, Cecilia L. W.
Chow, Amy Y. M.
Ho, Rainbow T. H.
Source:
Omega: 2008-2009, 58(4), pp. 275-297.
Maori Men and the Grief of SIDS
Authors:
Ormsby, Manga
Tipene-Leach, David
Edwards, Shane
McCreanor, Tim
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(2), pp. 130-152.
Meaning Reconstruction in the First Two Years of Bereavement: The Role of Sense-Making and Benefit-Finding
Authors:
Holland, Jason M.
Currier, Joseph M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Omega: 2006. Volume 53, Issue 3, pp. 175-191.
Parental Grief Responses and Personal Growth Following the Death of a Child
Authors:
Hepworth, Joseph T.
Murphy, Barbara A.
Riley, Linda P.
LaMontagne, Lynda L.
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 277-299.
Parentally Bereaved Children’s Grief: Self-system Beliefs as Mediators of the Relations Between Grief and Stressors and Caregiver-Child Relationship Quality
Authors:
Wolchik, Sharlene A.
Ma, Yue
Tein, Jenn-Yun
Sandler, Irwin N.
Ayers, Tim S.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 597-620.
Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives of a Children’s Hospice Bereavement Program
Authors:
Davies, Betty
Collins, John
Steele, Rose
Cook, Karen
Distler, Vivian
Brenner, Amy
Source:
Journal of Palliative Care: 2007, 23(1), pp. 14-23.
Perinatal Loss: A Qualitative Study in Northern Ireland
Authors:
McCreight, B. S.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 1-20.
Personal Fear of Death and Grief in Bereaved Mothers
Authors:
Barr, Peter
Cacciatore, Joanne
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 445-460.
Predictors of Children’s Understandings of Death: Age, Cognitive Ability, Death Experience and Maternal Communicative Competence
Authors:
Smith, Delores E.
Hunter, Sally B.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 2, pp. 143-162.
Predictors of Grief Following the Death of One’s Child: The Contribution of Finding Meaning
Authors:
Keesee, Nancy J.
Currier, Joseph M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Journal of Clinical Psychology: 2008. Volume 64, Issue 10, pp. 1145-1163.
Profiles of Posttraumatic Growth Following an Unjust Loss
Authors:
Davis, Christopher G.
Wohl, Michael J. A.
Verberg, Norine
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 693-712.
Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11
Authors:
Parkes, Colin M.
Maercker, Andreas
Aslan, Mihaela
Litz, Brett T.
Goodkin, Karl
Johnson, Jeffery G.
Raphael, Beverly
First, Michael B.
Marwit, Samuel J.
Maciejewski, Paul K.
Wortman, Camille
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Bonanno, George
Prigerson, Holly G.
Block, Susan
Horowitz, Mardi J.
Kissane, David
Jacobs, Selby C.
Boelen, Paul
Source:
PLoS Medicine: 2009, 6(8) e1000121.
Psychological Adjustment to Conjugal Bereavement: Do Social Networks Aid Coping Following Spousal Death?
Authors:
Somhlaba, Nceba Z.
Wait, John W.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 5, Issue 4, pp. 341-366.
Psychotherapy of Traumatic Grief: A Review of Evidence for Psychotherapeutic Treatments
Authors:
Prigerson, Holly
Jacobs, Sally
Source:
Death Studies: 2000. Volume 24, Issue 6, pp. 479-495.
Religion and Spirituality in Adjustment Following Bereavement: An Integrative Review
Authors:
Wortmann, J. H.
Park, C. L.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 703-735.
Research with Bereaved Parents: A Question of How Not Why
Authors:
Hynson, J.L.
Aroni, R.
Bauld, C.
Sawyer, S. M.
Source:
Palliative Medicine: 2006. Volume 20, pp. 805-811.
Research, Clinical Practice, and the Human Experience: Putting the Pieces Together
Authors:
Silverman, Phyllis R.
Source:
Death Studies: 2000. Volume 24, pp. 469-478.
Resilience Rather than Recovery: a Contextual Framework on Adaptation Following Bereavement
Authors:
Sandler, Irwin N.
Wolchik, Sharlene A.
Ayers, Tim S.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 59-73.
Resilience to Loss and Chronic Grief: A Prospective Study From Preloss to 18-months Postloss
Authors:
Haring, Michelle
Sonnega, John
Carr, Deborah
Nesse, Randolph M.
Bonanno, George A.
Wortman, Camille B.
Lehman, Darrin
Tweed, Roger G.
Source:
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: 2009, 83(5), pp. 1150-1164.
Screening for Complicated Grief: When Less May Provide More
Authors:
Piper, W. E.
Ogrodniczuk, J. S.
Weideman, R.
Source:
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry: 2005. Volume 50 (11), pp. 680-683.
Searching for the Meaning of Meaning: Grief Therapy and the Process of Reconstruction
Authors:
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2000. Volume 24, pp. 541-558.
Sense-Making, Grief, and The Experience of Violent Loss: Toward a Mediational Model
Authors:
Currier, Joseph M.
Holland, Jason M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 403-428.
Sibling Bereavement and Continuing Bonds
Authors:
Packman, Wendy
Horsley, Heidi
Davies, Betty
Kramer, Robin
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 817-841.
Six-Year Longitudinal Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth in Parentally Bereaved Adolescents and Young Adults
Authors:
Wolchik, Sharlene A.
Coxe, Stephany
Sandler, Irwin
Ayers, Tim S.
Source:
Omega: 2008-2009, 58(2), pp. 107-128.
Social Comparisons and Well-Being Following Widowhood and Divorce
Authors:
Ben-Zur, Hasida
Michael, Keren
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(3), pp. 220-238.
TAT Results in a Longitudinal Study of Bereaved College Students
Authors:
Balk, David E.
Lampe, Susan
Sharpe, Brenda
Schwinn, Sherri
Holen, Kristy
Cook, Leann
Dubois, Richard
Source:
Death Studies: 1998. Volume 22, Issue 1, pp. 3-21.
The Aftermath of Suicide: Managing Survivors’ Bereavement
Authors:
Sakinofsky, Isaac
Source:
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry: 2007. Volume 52, Supplement 1, pp. 129S-136S.
The Continuing Process of Parental Grief
Authors:
Arnold, Joan
Gemma, Penelope Buschman
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 658-673.
The Costs of Suicide and Sudden Death Within an Organization
Authors:
Cooper, Cary L.
Kinder, Andrew
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 411-419.
The Effectiveness of Bereavement Interventions with Children: A Meta-Analytic Review of Controlled Outcome Research
Authors:
Currier, Joseph M.
Holland, Jason M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: 2007. Volume 36, Number 2, pp. 253-259.
The Effectiveness of Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Bereaved Persons: A Comprehensive Quantitative Review
Authors:
Currier, Joseph M.
Niemeyer, Robert
Berman, Jeffrey S.
Source:
Psychological Bulletin: 2008, 134(5), pp. 648-661.
The Experience of Miscarriage in First Pregnancy: The Women’s Voices
Authors:
Gerber-Epstein, Paula
Leichtentritt, Ronit
Benyamini, Yael
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(1), pp. 1-29.
The Fundamental Paradox in the Grief Literature: A Critical Reflection
Authors:
Breen, Lauren J.
O’Conner, Moira
Source:
Omega: 2007. Volume 55, pp. 199-218.
The Generation of Hypotheses with Regard to the Influence of Context on Complicated Grief
Authors:
Opperman, B.
Novello, A.
Source:
South African Journal of Psychology: 2006. Volume 36, Issue 2, pp. 374-390.
The Impact of Circumstances Surrounding the Death of a Child on Parents’ Grief
Authors:
Van Den Bout, Jan
Van Der Heijden, Peter
Dijksgtra, Iris
Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek
Stroebe, Margaret
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Schut, Henk
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 237-254.
The Influence of Maternal Loss on Young Women’s Experience of Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood
Authors:
Schultz, Laura
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 17-43.
The Relationship between Explanatory Style and Posttraumatic Growth After Bereavement in a Non-clinical Sample
Authors:
Ho, Samuel M.
Chu, Kwung Wing
Yiu, Jessie
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 461-478.
The Reporting of Grief by One Newspaper of Record for the U.S.: The New York Times
Authors:
Hilliker, Laurel
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Number 3, pp. 261-278.
The Social Relations of Bereavement in the Caribbean
Authors:
Marshall, Ronald
Sutherland, Patsy
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 21-34.
The Two-Track Model of Bereavement Questionnaire (TTBQ): Development and Validation of a Relational Measure
Authors:
Koren, Dan
Goffer-Shnarch, Moran
Michaeli, Ella
Rubin, Simon S.
Nadav, Ofri B.
Malkinson, Ruth
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33, pp. 305-333.
Treatment of Complicated Grief: A Comparison Between Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Supportive Counseling
Authors:
de Keijser, Jos
van den Hout, Marcel A.
van den Bout, Jan
Boelen, Paul A.
Source:
Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology: 2007. Volume 75, Number 2, pp. 277-284.
What is “No Recovery?”
Authors:
Kauffman, Jeffrey
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 74-83.
