Thomas Meuser
Biographic Data
| ID | 4889213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Meuser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Meuser |
| SIGNATURE | MEUSER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1970-1651 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A University Low-Income-Housing Partnership to Support Good Nutrition Among Vulnerable Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We implemented and evaluated the impact of an innovative, pandemic-responsive nutrition education program, Enhanced-10 Tips for Adults (e-TTA) , on food security, socialization, and perceived health and wellbeing of residents (aged 60+) in a low-income senior housing setting in Maine. The program was tailored to meet needs of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and utilized health professions students to support the program. A quasi-experim…
Does carer psychological inflexibility moderate the relationship between Motor Neurone Disease symptomatology and carer anticipatory grief emotions
Anticipatory grief (AG) in family carers of people living with motor neurone disease (MND) is underexplored. Research has identified MND symptoms as significant predictors of AG in carers. This study investigated whether carer psychological inflexibility moderates the relationship between MND symptoms and carer AG, a crucial area for informing supportive interventions. Two moderation analyses with 75 carers (UK = 70, USA = 5) were conducted. The …
Dementia spousal caregivers and past transgressions
The transition from "wife" to "caregiver" for a cognitively impaired husband can be an overwhelming experience. Communication patterns change and small conflicts can grow, at times bringing angry feelings and new burdens. Engagement with forgiveness processes may benefit wives by lowering resentment over past tensions, restoring trust, and enhancing the overall caregiving experience. This study examined the utility of the Enright Forgiveness Inve…
Extension of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory to Middle‐Aged and Older Wives
Limited research has explored the measurement of forgiveness among middle-aged and older wives. Recall of past trangressions can lead to “damaging ruminations” that jeopardize one's spiritual peace (Callaby, Coleman, & Mills, 2012 Callaby, P., Coleman, P. G. and Mills, M. A. 2012. Caregiving in dementia: From resentment to forgiveness. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, & Aging, 24(1-2): 93–104. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) and e…
Content and Face Validity of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (Short Form) in African American Caregivers
There may be cultural differences in the experience of predeath grief in African American (AA)/Black caregivers for persons with Alzheimers disease (AD). The most commonly used screening tool, the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory-Short Form (MMCGI-SF), was developed from focus groups with primarily Caucasian/White caregivers. Interviews were held with 19 AA spouse and adult child caregivers for persons with mild, moderate, and severe A…
Development of a Short Form Inventory to Assess Grief in Caregivers of Dementia Patients
This article describes the derivation of a short-form of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI), an inventory designed to measure grief in caregivers of persons with progressive dementia. It presents initial reliability and validity data and describes ways to use the inventory both clinically and scientifically. The resulting MM-CGI Short Form, presented here in its entirety, is comprised of 18 items and, like its full-form relative…
An Integrative Model of Personality, Coping and Appraisal for the Prediction of Grief Involvement in Adults
This Study Contrasts Two Opposing Conceptualizations Of Personality's Effect Upon Grief: A Traditional Ego Psychology (Risk Factor) View And Lazarus And Folkman's Contextual Coping Model. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, and the Revised Grief Experience Inventory were administered to 101 bereaved adults. Predictor variables included neuroticism, extraversion, threat appraisal, emotion-oriented …
Personality and Conjugal Bereavement in Older Widow(er)s
This study examined the degree to which an individual's propensity to experience emotional distress and restraint are predictive of grief intensity in a sample of older widow(er)s ( N = 51). Characteristic distress was found to be a significant predictor of present grief intensity, whereas repressive defensive-ness was found to predict past grief, as recalled from the time of loss. Results are discussed in light of known risk factors for complica…
Development of a Short Form Inventory to Assess Grief in Caregivers of Dementia Patients
This article describes the derivation of a short-form of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI), an inventory designed to measure grief in caregivers of persons with progressive dementia. It presents initial reliability and validity data and describes ways to use the inventory both clinically and scientifically. The resulting MM-CGI Short Form, presented here in its entirety, is comprised of 18 items and, like its full-form relative…
Content and Face Validity of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (Short Form) in African American Caregivers
There may be cultural differences in the experience of predeath grief in African American (AA)/Black caregivers for persons with Alzheimers disease (AD). The most commonly used screening tool, the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory-Short Form (MMCGI-SF), was developed from focus groups with primarily Caucasian/White caregivers. Interviews were held with 19 AA spouse and adult child caregivers for persons with mild, moderate, and severe A…
Personality and Conjugal Bereavement in Older Widow(er)s
This study examined the degree to which an individual's propensity to experience emotional distress and restraint are predictive of grief intensity in a sample of older widow(er)s ( N = 51). Characteristic distress was found to be a significant predictor of present grief intensity, whereas repressive defensive-ness was found to predict past grief, as recalled from the time of loss. Results are discussed in light of known risk factors for complica…
An Integrative Model of Personality, Coping and Appraisal for the Prediction of Grief Involvement in Adults
This Study Contrasts Two Opposing Conceptualizations Of Personality's Effect Upon Grief: A Traditional Ego Psychology (Risk Factor) View And Lazarus And Folkman's Contextual Coping Model. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, and the Revised Grief Experience Inventory were administered to 101 bereaved adults. Predictor variables included neuroticism, extraversion, threat appraisal, emotion-oriented …
Development of a Short Form Inventory to Assess Grief in Caregivers of Dementia Patients
This article describes the derivation of a short-form of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI), an inventory designed to measure grief in caregivers of persons with progressive dementia. It presents initial reliability and validity data and describes ways to use the inventory both clinically and scientifically. The resulting MM-CGI Short Form, presented here in its entirety, is comprised of 18 items and, like its full-form relative…
Extension of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory to Middle‐Aged and Older Wives
Limited research has explored the measurement of forgiveness among middle-aged and older wives. Recall of past trangressions can lead to “damaging ruminations” that jeopardize one's spiritual peace (Callaby, Coleman, & Mills, 2012 Callaby, P., Coleman, P. G. and Mills, M. A. 2012. Caregiving in dementia: From resentment to forgiveness. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, & Aging, 24(1-2): 93–104. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) and e…
Content and Face Validity of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (Short Form) in African American Caregivers
There may be cultural differences in the experience of predeath grief in African American (AA)/Black caregivers for persons with Alzheimers disease (AD). The most commonly used screening tool, the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory-Short Form (MMCGI-SF), was developed from focus groups with primarily Caucasian/White caregivers. Interviews were held with 19 AA spouse and adult child caregivers for persons with mild, moderate, and severe A…
Dementia spousal caregivers and past transgressions
The transition from "wife" to "caregiver" for a cognitively impaired husband can be an overwhelming experience. Communication patterns change and small conflicts can grow, at times bringing angry feelings and new burdens. Engagement with forgiveness processes may benefit wives by lowering resentment over past tensions, restoring trust, and enhancing the overall caregiving experience. This study examined the utility of the Enright Forgiveness Inve…
A University Low-Income-Housing Partnership to Support Good Nutrition Among Vulnerable Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We implemented and evaluated the impact of an innovative, pandemic-responsive nutrition education program, Enhanced-10 Tips for Adults (e-TTA) , on food security, socialization, and perceived health and wellbeing of residents (aged 60+) in a low-income senior housing setting in Maine. The program was tailored to meet needs of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and utilized health professions students to support the program. A quasi-experim…
Does carer psychological inflexibility moderate the relationship between Motor Neurone Disease symptomatology and carer anticipatory grief emotions
Anticipatory grief (AG) in family carers of people living with motor neurone disease (MND) is underexplored. Research has identified MND symptoms as significant predictors of AG in carers. This study investigated whether carer psychological inflexibility moderates the relationship between MND symptoms and carer AG, a crucial area for informing supportive interventions. Two moderation analyses with 75 carers (UK = 70, USA = 5) were conducted. The …
Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Grief (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works)