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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.

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A Call for Sound Empirical Testing and Evaluation of Criteria for Complicated Grief Proposed for DSM-V
Authors:
Maciejewski, Paul K.
Prigerson, Holly G.
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 Meta-Analysis of Interventions for Bereaved Children and Adolescents
Authors:
Rosner, Rita
Kruse, Joachim
Hagl, Maria
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(2), pp. 99-136.


A Modest Proposal about Bereavement and Recovery
Authors:
Balk, David E.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 84-93.


A Sense of ‘Unrealness’ about the Death of a Loved-One: An Exploratory Study of its Role in Emotional Complications among Bereaved Individuals
Authors:
Boelen, Paul A.
Source:
Applied Cognitive Psychology: 2010, 24, 238-251.


A Study of Complicated Grief Symptoms in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Authors:
Hillery, J.
Dodd, P.
Guerin, S.
McEvoy, J.
Buckley, S.
Tyrrell, J.
Source:
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research: 2008, 52(5), pp. 415-425.


A Support Group Intervention for Children Bereaved by Parental Suicide
Authors:
Mitchell, Ann M.
Wesner, Sue
Garand, Linda
Gale, Deborah Dysart
Havill, Allyson
Brownson, Lynn
Source:
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing: 2007, 20(1), pp. 3-13.


Acceptance of Spousal Death: The Factor of Time in Bereaved Older Adults’ Search for Meaning
Authors:
Chan, Wallace Chi Ho
Chan, Cecilia L.W.
Source:
Death Studies: 35(2), 147-162.


Acts of Resistance: Breaking the Silence of Grief Following Traffic Crash Fatalities
Authors:
Breen, Lauren J.
O’Connor, Moira
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(1), pp. 30-53.


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 Evaluation of a Suicide Bereavement Peer Support Program
Authors:
Barlow, Constance A.
Schiff, Jeanette Waegemakers
Chugh, Urmil
Rawlinson, Dixie
Hides, Elizabeth
Leith, Judy
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34, pp. 915-930.


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:
Wilkinson, S.
Croy, P.
King, M.
Barnes, J.
Source:
Palliative Medicine: 2007. Volume 21, pp. 401-407.


Attachment in Coping with Bereavement: A Theoretical Integration
Authors:
Stroebe, Margaret
Schut, Henk
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Source:
Review of General Psychology: 2005, 9(1), pp. 48-66.


“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:
Peter, Wimpenny
Unwin, Rachel
Work, Fiona
Dempster, Paul
MacDuff, Colin
Wilcock, Sylvia E.
Brown, Allison
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:
Foliart, Donna E.
Clausen, Margaret
Siljestrom, Cindy
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:
Foreman, M.
Curry, P.
O’Driscoll, S.
McCormack, M.
Walsh, T.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 768-786.


Comparison of Continuing Bonds Reported by Parents and Siblings after a Child’s Death from Cancer
Authors:
Barrera, Maru
Fairclough, Diane L.
Vannatta, Kathryn
Gerhardt, Cynthia A.
Foster, Terrah L.
Gilmer, Mary Jo
Davies, Betty
Dietrich, Mary S.
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(5), 420-440.


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:
Fontaine, Johnny R. J.
Verhofstadt-Deneve, Leni
Dillen, Let
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 437-461.


Constructions of Mexican American Family Grief After the Death of a Child: An Exploratory Study
Authors:
Doran, Gerry
Hansen, Nancy Downing
Source:
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology: 2006, 12(2), pp. 199- 211.


Continuing Bonds and Reconstructing Meaning: Mitigating Complications in Bereavement
Authors:
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Baldwin, Scott A.
Gillies, James
Source:
Death Studies: 2006. Volume 30, pp. 715-738.


Continuing Bonds in Bereaved Pakistani Muslims: Effects of Culture and Religion
Authors:
Suhail, Kausar
Jamil, Naila
Oyebode, Jan
Ajmal, Mohammad Asir
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(1), 22-41.


Continuing Bonds, Risk Factors for Complicated Grief, and Adjustment to Bereavement
Authors:
Field, Nigel
Filanosky, Charles
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34, pp. 1-29.


Coping with the Ultimate Deprivation: Narrative Themes in a Parental Bereavement Support Group
Authors:
Umphrey, Laura R.
Cacciatore, Joanne
Source:
OMEGA: 2011, 63(2), 141-160.


Couples at Risk Following the Death of Their Child: Predictors of Grief Versus Depression
Authors:
van der Heijden, Peter
Dijkstra, Iris
Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek
Stroebe, Margaret
Schut, Henk
Stroebe, Wolfgang
van den Bout, Jan
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.


Death Beliefs and Practices from an Asian Indian American Hindu Perspective
Authors:
Gupta, Rashmi
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(3), 244-266.


Death Competence: An Ethical Imperative
Authors:
Gamino, Louis A.
Ritter, R. Hal
Jr.
Source:
Death Studies: 2012, 36(1), 23-40.


Descriptions of Social Support in Treatment Narratives of Complicated Grievers
Authors:
Shear, Katherine M.
Wilsey, Stephanie A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2007. Volume 31, pp. 801-819.


Distinguishing Symptoms of Grief and Depression in a Cohort of Advanced Cancer Patients
Authors:
Prigerson, Holly G.
Jacobsen, Juliet C.
Zhang, Baohui
Block, Susan D.
Maciejewski, Paul K.
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(3), pp. 257-273.


Do Rates of Mental Disorders and Existential Distress among Advanced Stage Cancer Patients Increase as Death Approaches?
Authors:
Breibart, William
Prigerson, Holly G.
Lichtenthal, Wendy G.
Nilsson, Matthew
Zhang, Baohui
Trice, Elizabeth D.
Kissane, David W.
Source:
Psycho-Oncology: 2009, 18, pp. 50-61.


Early Parental Adjustment and Bereavement After Childhood Cancer Death
Authors:
Barrera, Maru
O'Connor, Kathleen
D'Agostino, Norma Mammone
Spencer, Lynlee
Nicholas, David
Jovcevska, Vesna
Tallet, Susan
Schneiderman, Gerald
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(6), pp. 497-520.


Effects of Directed Written Disclosure on Grief and Distress Symptoms Among Bereaved Individuals
Authors:
Lichtenthal, Wendy G.
Cruess, Dean G.
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34, pp. 475-499.


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.


Evaluating a Bereavement Follow-Up Intervention for Grieving Fathers and Their Experiences of Support After the Death of a Child – A Pilot Study
Authors:
Aho, Anna Liisa
Tarkka, Marja-Terttu
Astedt-Kurki, Paivi
Sorvari, Leena
Kaunonen, Marja
Source:
Death Studies: 2011: 35(10), 879-904.


Examination of Proposed Criteria for Complicated Grief in People Confronted with Violent or Non-Violent Loss
Authors:
van den Bout, Jan
Boelen, Paul A.
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 Current Service Provision for Prolonged Grief Disorder and Suggestions for Future Advances
Authors:
Smith, L.
Kalus, C.
Russell, P.
Skinner, T.C.
Source:
Mortality: 2009, 14(1), pp. 53-69.


Exploring Sibling Bereavement
Authors:
Balk, David E.
Source:
Death Studies: 2000. Volume 24, Number 7, pp. 661-667.


Fear of Death, Mortality Communication, and Psychological Distress Among Secular and Religiously Observant Family Caregivers of Terminal Cancer Patients
Authors:
Bachner, Yaacov G.
O’Rourke, Norm
Carmel, Sara
Source:
Death Studies: 35(2), 163-187.


Functional Neuroanatomy of Grief: An fMRI Study
Authors:
Gundel, Harald
O'Connor, Mary-Frances
Littrell, Lindsay
Fort, Carolyn
Lane, Richard D.
Source:
American Journal of Psychiatry: November 2003, 160(1), pp. 1946-1953.


Ghosts, Meaning, and Faith: After-Death Communications in Bereavement Narratives
Authors:
Kwilecki, Susan
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(3), 219-243.


Giving Birth to Life - Again!: Bereaved Parents’ Experiences with Children Born Following the Death of an Adult Son
Authors:
Hamama-Raz, Yaira
Rosenfeld, Sarah
Buchbinder, Eli
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(5), pp. 382-403.


Grief and the Separation of Home and Work
Authors:
Walter, Tony
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33(5), pp. 402-410.


Grief in Children and Adolescents Bereaved by Sudden Parental Death
Authors:
Melhem, Nadine M.
Porta, Giovanna
Shamseddeen, Wael
Payne, Monica Walker
Brent, David A.
Source:
Archive of General Psychiatry: 2011, 68(9), 911-919.


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:
Lalande, Kathleen
Zhang, Nanping
Noll, Jennie G.
Bonanno, George A.
Papa, Anthony
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 Schools Can Support Children Who Experience Loss and Death
Authors:
Holland, John
Source:
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling: 2008, 36(4), pp. 411-424.


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:
Lund, Dale A.
Utz, Rebecca
Caserta, Michael S.
De Vries, Brian
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:
Feigelman, William
Gorman, Bernard S.
Beal, Karyl Chastain
Jordan, John R.
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.


Long-Term Effects of the Family Bereavement Program on Multiple Indicators of Grief in Parentally Bereaved Children and Adolescents
Authors:
Kennedy, Cara
Millsap, Roger
Sandler, Irwin N.
Ma, Yue
Tein, Jenn-Yun
Ayers, Tim S.
Wolchik, Sharlene
Source:
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology: 2010, 78(2), 131-143.


Long-Term Outcomes of War-Related Death of Family Members in Kosovar Civilian War Survivors
Authors:
Morina, Nexhmedin
Reschke, Konrad
Hofmann, Stefan G.
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35, 365-372.


Loss and Disorganization from an Attachment Perspective
Authors:
Thomson, Paula
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(10), pp. 893-914.


Making Sense of Loss: A Content Analysis of End-of-Life Practitioners’ Therapeutic Approaches
Authors:
Currier, Joseph M.
Holland, Jason M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
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:
Edwards, Shane
McCreanor, Tim
Ormsby, Manga
Tipene-Leach, David
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:
Currier, Joseph M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Holland, Jason M.
Source:
Omega: 2006. Volume 53, Issue 3, pp. 175-191.


Meaning-Making in Memories: A Comparison of Memories of Death-Related and Low-Point Life Experiences
Authors:
Mackay, Michael
Bluck, Susan
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(8), pp. 715-737.


Meaning-Making through Psychological Autopsy Interviews: The Value of Participating in Qualitative Research for Those Bereaved by Suicide
Authors:
Leenaars, Antoon Adrian
Dyregrov, Kari Madeleine
Dieserud, Gudrun
Hjelmeland, Heidi Marie
Straiton, Melanie
Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg
Knizek, Birthe Loa
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(8), 685-710.


Measuring Meaning: Searching for and Making Sense of Spousal Loss in Late-Life
Authors:
Coleman, Rachel A.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(9), pp. 804-834.


Memory Keepers: A Narrative Study on Siblings Never Known
Authors:
Murdock, Vicki
Kempson, Diane
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(8), pp. 738-756.


Music Therapy with Bereaved Teenagers: A Mixed Methods Perspective
Authors:
McFerran, Katrina
Roberts, Melina
O’Grady, Lucy
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(6), pp. 541-565.


Parental Grief Responses and Personal Growth Following the Death of a Child
Authors:
Riley, Linda P.
LaMontagne, Lynda L.
Hepworth, Joseph T.
Murphy, Barbara A.
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:
Ma, Yue
Tein, Jenn-Yun
Sandler, Irwin N.
Ayers, Tim S.
Wolchik, Sharlene A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 597-620.


Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives of a Children’s Hospice Bereavement Program
Authors:
Steele, Rose
Cook, Karen
Distler, Vivian
Brenner, Amy
Davies, Betty
Collins, John
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.


Personal Strength and Finding Meaning in Conjugally Bereaved Older Adults: A Four-Year Prospective Analysis
Authors:
Kim, Su Hyun
Jervik, Diane K.
Belyea, Michael
Choi, Eun Sook
Source:
Death Studies: 2012, 35(3), 197-218.


Predictors of Children’s Understandings of Death: Age, Cognitive Ability, Death Experience and Maternal Communicative Competence
Authors:
Hunter, Sally B.
Smith, Delores E.
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 2, pp. 143-162.


Predictors of Complicated Grief after a Natural Disaster: A Population Study Two Years after the 2001 South-East Asian Tsunami
Authors:
Kristensen, Pal
Weisaeth, Lars
Heir, Trond
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(2), pp. 137-150.


Predictors of Complicated Grief: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies
Authors:
Lobb, Elizabeth A.
Kristjanson, Linda J.
Aoun, Samar M.
Monterosso, Leanne
Halkett, Georgia K. B.
Davies, Anna
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(8), pp. 673-698.


Predictors of Grief Following the Death of One’s Child: The Contribution of Finding Meaning
Authors:
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Keesee, Nancy J.
Currier, Joseph M.
Source:
Journal of Clinical Psychology: 2008. Volume 64, Issue 10, pp. 1145-1163.


Prevalence and Severity of College Student Bereavement Examined in a Randomly Selected Sample
Authors:
Balk, David E.
Walker, Andrea C.
Baker, Ardith
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(5), pp. 459-468.


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:
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
Parkes, Colin M.
Maercker, Andreas
Aslan, Mihaela
Litz, Brett T.
Goodkin, Karl
Johnson, Jeffery G.
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:
Jacobs, Sally
Prigerson, Holly
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:
Aroni, R.
Bauld, C.
Sawyer, S. M.
Hynson, J.L.
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:
Bonanno, George A.
Wortman, Camille B.
Lehman, Darrin
Tweed, Roger G.
Haring, Michelle
Sonnega, John
Carr, Deborah
Nesse, Randolph M.
Source:
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: 2009, 83(5), pp. 1150-1164.


Risk Factors for Bereavement Outcomes: A Multivariate Approach
Authors:
Van den Bout, Jan
Wijngaards-De Meij, Leoniek
van der Houwen, Karolijne
Stroebe, Margaret
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Schut, Wolfgang
Schut, Henk
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(3), pp. 195-220.


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 of Presence Experiences and Meaning-Making in Bereavement: A Qualitative Analysis
Authors:
Steffen, Edith
Coyle, Adrian
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(7), 579-609.


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.


Separation from Loved Ones in the Fear of Death
Authors:
Bath, Debra M.
Source:
Death Studies, 2010, 34(5), pp. 404-425.


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.


Stigmatization and Receptivity to Mental Health Services among Recently Bereaved Adults
Authors:
Vanderwerker, Lauren C.
Zivin, Kara
Zhang, Baohui
Johnson, Jeffrey G.
First, Michael B.
Block, Susan
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33, 691-711.


Stigmatized Deaths in Jonestown: Finding a Locus for Grief
Authors:
Moore, Rebecca
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(1), 42-58.


Suicide Postvention as Suicide Prevention: Improvement and Expansion in the United States
Authors:
Aguirre, Regina T. P.
Slater, Holli
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(6), pp. 529-540.


TAT Results in a Longitudinal Study of Bereaved College Students
Authors:
Schwinn, Sherri
Holen, Kristy
Cook, Leann
Dubois, Richard
Balk, David E.
Lampe, Susan
Sharpe, Brenda
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:
Kinder, Andrew
Cooper, Cary L.
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 Efficacy of Adult Christian Support Groups in Coping with the Death of a Significant Loved One
Authors:
Goodman, H.
Stone, Mark H.
Source:
Journal of Religious Health: 2009, 48, pp. 305-316.


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 Experiences of Parents Readjusting to the Workplace Following the Death of a Child by Suicide
Authors:
Gibson, Joan
Gallagher, Mary
Jenkins, Mary
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(6), pp. 500-528.


The Fundamental Paradox in the Grief Literature: A Critical Reflection
Authors:
O’Conner, Moira
Breen, Lauren J.
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:
Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek
Stroebe, Margaret
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Schut, Henk
Van Den Bout, Jan
Van Der Heijden, Peter
Dijksgtra, Iris
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 Lived Experience of Adults Bereaved by Suicide: A Phenomenological Study
Authors:
Begley, Mary
Quayle, Ethel
Source:
Crisis: 2007, 28(1), pp. 26-34.


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 Role of Grief, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in the Use of Bereavement Services
Authors:
Bergman, Elizabeth J.
Haley, William E.
Small, Brent J.
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(5), pp. 441-458.


The Self-Concept and Conjugal Loss: Evidence for Structural Change
Authors:
Bergeman, C. S.
Bisconti, Toni L
Montpetit, Mignon A.
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(7), pp. 606-624.


The Social Relations of Bereavement in the Caribbean
Authors:
Marshall, Ronald
Sutherland, Patsy
Source:
Omega: 2008. Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 21-34.


The Support Needs and Experiences of Suicidally Bereaved Family and Friends
Authors:
Marshall, Amy
Wilson, Anne
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(7), pp. 625-640.


The Two-Track Model of Bereavement Questionnaire (TTBQ): Development and Validation of a Relational Measure
Authors:
Rubin, Simon S.
Nadav, Ofri B.
Malkinson, Ruth
Koren, Dan
Goffer-Shnarch, Moran
Michaeli, Ella
Source:
Death Studies: 2009, 33, pp. 305-333.


The Underlying Structure of Grief: A Taxometric Investigation of Prolonged and Normal Reactions to Loss
Authors:
Holland, Jason M.
Neimeyer, Robert A.
Boelen, Paul A.
Prigerson, Holly G.
Source:
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment: 2009, 31, pp. 190-201.


Treatment of Complicated Grief: A Comparison Between Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Supportive Counseling
Authors:
Boelen, Paul A.
de Keijser, Jos
van den Hout, Marcel A.
van den Bout, Jan
Source:
Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology: 2007. Volume 75, Number 2, pp. 277-284.


Validation of the Perinatal Grief Scale for Use in Chinese Women Who Have Experienced Recent Reproductive Loss
Authors:
Yan, Elsie
Tang, Catherine So-Kum
Chung, Tony
Source:
Death Studies: 2010, 34(2), pp. 151-171.


What is “No Recovery?”
Authors:
Kauffman, Jeffrey
Source:
Death Studies: 2008. Volume 32, pp. 74-83.


When Distress Does Not Become Depression: Emotion Context Sensitivity and Adjustment to Bereavement
Authors:
Coifman, Karin G.
Bonanno, George A.
Source:
Journal of Abnormal Psychology: 2010, 119(3), pp. 479-490.


Who Needs Grief Counseling? A Report from the Scott & White Grief Study
Authors:
Gamino, Louis A.
Sewell, Kenneth W.
Hogan, Nancy S.
Mason, Saundra L.
Source:
OMEGA: 2009-2010, 60(3), 199-223.


With and Without: The Bereavement Experiences of Gay Men Who Have Lost a Partner to Non-AIDS-Related Causes
Authors:
Hornjatkevyc, Nina L.
Alderson, Kevin G.
Source:
Death Studies: 2011, 35(9), 801-823.


Young People Living with Parental Bereavement: Insights from an Ethnographic Study of a UK Childhood Bereavement Service
Authors:
Sparkes, Andrew C.
Brewer, Joanne D.
Source:
Social Science & Medicine: 2011, 72, 283-290.


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