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Daily Fluctuations of Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms in Recently Bereaved People: An Experience Sampling Study
Jong, Jildou de (2023) Daily Fluctuations of Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms in Recently Bereaved People: An Experience Sampling Study.
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| Abstract: | This study investigates whether Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) symptoms fluctuate in the daily lives of recently bereaved people and if these fluctuations are related to the overall severity of PGD. Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) was used to measure the 11 ESM-PGD items. Interviews containing the Traumatic Grief Inventory (TGI-CA) were used to measure the overall severity of PGD. These interviews were held before and after the ESM phase. To measure fluctuations RMSSD was calculated for each of the 11 ESM-PGD items. Pearson’s correlation was calculated between the mean RMSSD scores of the ESM-PGD items and the mean sum score of the TGI-CA at T1 and T2. RMSSD values for each of the 11 ESM-PGD items range from 1.91 to 2.64. Pearson’s correlations found positive significant correlations for all ESM-PGD items (ranged between r(45) = .35 and r(45) = .61 at T1, and r(45) = .36 and r(45) = .57 at T2, all p <.05), except for Yearning and Sadness which associations were non-significant. The findings that there were fluctuations in ESM-PGD items and that these were associated with the severity of PGD show that fluctuations in ESM-PGD items could be used as a tool to predict PGD severity. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96955 |
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