Gender Differences in Traumatic Grief Symptom Severity after the Loss of a Spouse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul A Boelen (0000-0003-4125-4739, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, corresponding author), Jan Van Den Bout (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 183-198 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/6c8g-c0xr-f0q4-vr3x |
| OpenAlex | W2004798715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Gender differences in bereavement outcome have received much attention in bereavement research in the past decades. While many studies have focused on depressive symptomatology and/or normal grief reactions, little attention has been paid to gender differences in symptoms of pathological or traumatic grief (TG). In addition, few studies have investigated gender differences beyond the acute grieving period. In the present study, cross-sectional data were used to explore gender differences in the temporal course of TG symptomatology. Data were derived from 270 spousally bereaved individuals who filled in the Inventory of Traumatic Grief on the Internet. Analyses of variance were conducted to explore differences in TG symptoms over time and between widows and widowers. No differences were found between men and women on the TG symptoms or the TG summary score, on any of the observational time points. With regard to the temporal course of TG symptomatology, indications were found that symptoms of separation distress are likely to subside over the passage of time, while symptoms of traumatic distress are unlikely to do so
Anxiety · Complicated grief · Depressive symptoms · Distress · Grief · Observational study · Pathological · Psychiatry · Spouse · Traumatic grief · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
Gender differences in the effects of bereavement-related psychological distress in health outcomes
Gender Differences in Adjustment to Bereavement
Traumatic grief as a distinct disorder
Inventory of complicated grief
Quantitative or qualitative? Measurement issues in the study of grief.
Consensus criteria for traumatic grief
Coping with Loss
Gender Differences in Complicated Grief among the Elderly
Reliability and Validity of the Dutch Version of the Inventory of Traumatic Grief (Itg)
Long-term effects of losing a spouse or child in a motor vehicle crash
Improved Bonferroni-type multiple testing procedures
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |