Bereavement-related regrets and unfinished business with the deceased.
Death Stud
; 44(1): 42-47, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-30541414
ABSTRACT
Unresolved relational issues with the deceased have been considered a prominent risk factor for negative bereavement outcomes. However, this area of study has suffered from a lack of conceptual clarity, with some commentators focusing on bereavement-related regret and others focusing on "unfinished business," or lingering or unspoken conflicts with the deceased. This study examined the two concepts in a sample of 229 bereaved individuals, finding them to be overlapping but distinct constructs. Unfinished business occurred more frequently with immediate family and friends and in cases of sudden and violent death of loved ones. Both forms of unresolved issues were associated with bereavement outcome, with the relation between distress over unfinished business and complicated grief symptomatology being particularly robust.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aflicción
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Emociones
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Relaciones Interpersonales
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Death Stud
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos