| The present study investigated the relationship between the experiences of grief and trauma. Further, this study explored the concept of complicated grief, integrating symptoms of trauma and grief into one distinct phenomenological entity. Other important psychological processes, including searching for meaning, death anxiety, and self-regulation, were also examined.;The study included 84 bereaved people who were recruited through two mutual-help organizations, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Bereaved Families of Ontario (BFO). Each participant completed the research questionnaire package, which included the Core Bereavement Items scale, the Inventory of Complicated Grief, the Trauma Symptom Inventory, the Death Anxiety Scale, and three questions about the search for meaning. Based on the Inventory of Complicated Grief scores, a group which met complicated grief criteria was identified, and based on the scores on the Trauma Symptom Inventory, a group which met the trauma criteria was composed. Comparisons were made between individuals who suffered complicated grief and/or trauma and those people who did not have complicated grief and trauma symptomatology. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
