A Loss by Suicide: The Relationship Between Meaning-Making, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Complicated Grief

被引：3

作者：

Delgado, Heather ^{[1
,4
]}

Goergen, Jessica ^{[1
]}

Tyler, Jessica ^{[2
]}

Windham, Heather ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Auburn Univ, Dept Special Educ Rehabil & Counseling, Auburn, AL USA

[2] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Human & Org Dev, Nashville, TN USA

[3] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Dept Human Studies, Birmingham, AL USA

[4] Auburn Univ, Dept Special Educ Rehabil & Counseling, Haley Ctr 2084, Auburn, AL 36849 USA

来源：

OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING | 2023年

关键词：

complicated grief; post-traumatic growth; meaning-making; suicide bereavement; suicide loss; SENSE-MAKING; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; SURVIVORS; EXPERIENCES; INVENTORY; STIGMA; SCALE; QUEST; CHILD;

D O I：

10.1177/00302228231193184

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Meaning making has been found useful in processing grief, yet individuals who have experienced a loss by suicide may have difficulty with post-loss adjustment due to the traumatic nature of their loss. Through quantitative study, this article acts as an initial exploratory study and examines the relationship between meaning-making, post-traumatic growth, and complicated grief symptoms in 81 college students from a large university in the United States who have experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide. The results of this study indicated that meaning-making serves as a mediator in the relationship with post-traumatic growth and complicated grief. This finding sheds light on the importance of meaning-making as a possible avenue of interventions for clinical use in bereavement from loss by suicide to treat grief symptoms and lead to post-traumatic growth.

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