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Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms and its Relationship with Kinship, Type of Loss and Biological Sex in Bereaved Individuals
Westerbeek, Maud (2024) Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms and its Relationship with Kinship, Type of Loss and Biological Sex in Bereaved Individuals.
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| Abstract: | One out of ten bereaved individuals, and one out five traumatically bereaved individuals, develop Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). Factors heightening chances of experiencing more severe PGD symptoms are being female, traumatic loss and loss of a child or partner. The current study explored associations and interaction effects between kinship, type of loss and biological sex on PGD symptoms. The study aimed to distinguish between traumatically and non-traumatically bereaved individuals, noting that PGD symptoms are more severe in the traumatically bereaved.Two samples were assessed in the current research, of which sample one mainly consisted of non-traumatically bereaved individuals and sample two included traumatically bereaved individuals. Participants in sample one (N = 80) were recruited through social media advertisements and bereavement support websites. Participants in sample two (N = 52) were recruited via the "rouwmeter" (grief meter) website. Data on kinship, type of loss, biological sex, and PGD symptoms was gathered through interviews (sample 1) or questionnaires (sample 2). A three-way ANOVA was conducted to test for associations and interactions. The partial eta squared was used to determine the effect size.The associations of kinship (F(1, 119) = 87.55, p < .001), type of loss (F(1, 119) = 68.48, p < .001) and biological sex (F(1, 119) = 6.50, p = .012) on the total PGD score were found to be significant. For kinship and type of loss, a strong association was found, whilst biological sex showed a weak association with the total PGD score. No significant interaction effects were found between the three variables. The results provide additional support on existing literature regarding the association of kinship, type of loss, biological sex and PGD symptoms. No significant interaction effects were found, possibly due to the unequal distribution of participants among the levels of each category. Future studies could replicate the findings of this study while using stratified sampling. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100224 |
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