Life After the Storm
An Examination of Bereavement and Posttraumatic Growth Among Urban Adolescents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keturah J Platt (0009-0001-8735-6186, DePaul University, corresponding author), Heather Marshall (0000-0003-2118-0314, DePaul University), Patrick Artur Bogusz (DePaul University), Leonard A Jason (0000-0002-9972-4425, DePaul University), Jocelyn Smith Carter (0000-0002-2543-7706, DePaul University), Kathryn E Grant (DePaul University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 302228251315294-302228251315294 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1177/00302228251315294 |
| PMID | 39887321 |
| OpenAlex | W3204516203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 76 |
Although the challenges of bereavement among adolescents are well-documented, there is potential for loss to foster growth, development, and positive psychological changes during this developmental period. To examine this possibility, 408 adolescents (46.6% male; 53.4% female) in grades 6-12 from three urban schools were surveyed about their experiences with bereavement and posttraumatic growth (PTG), along with several hypothesized moderators: type of loss, relationship with the deceased, active and ruminative coping, and social support. Seventy-six percent of the participants reported signs of PTG. Hierarchical linear regression analyses revealed significant main effects for bereavement, active coping, and social support on PTG, but found no evidence of moderation for any variables. The findings are discussed in the context of systemic racism and cultural strengths, with directions for future research provided
Context (archaeology · Coping (psychology · Coping behavior · Developmental psychology · Moderation · Multilevel model · Posttraumatic growth · Psychotherapist · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology
Trauma & Transformation
Loss, Grief, and the Search for Significance
The Incidence and Course of Depression in Bereaved Youth 21 Months After the Loss of a Parent to Suicide, Accident, or Sudden Natural Death
Positive change following trauma and adversity
Suicide Survivors' Mental Health and Grief Reactions
Assumptive Worlds and the Stress of Traumatic Events
Positive Outcomes Following Bereavement
Bereavement and Mental Health after Sudden and Violent Losses
Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Community
Posttraumatic growth among children and adolescents
The Burden of Loss
The Prevalence and Consequences of Exposure to Violence among African-American Youth
A correlational test of the relationship between posttraumatic growth, religion, and cognitive processing
Trauma and bereavement
Moderation Analysis
Research Paper Post-traumatic growth following bereavement
Optimism, Social Support, and Coping Strategies As Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth
Impact of exposure to community violence on violent behavior and emotional distress among urban adolescents
Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience
Target Article
Rumination following bereavement
Religion, spirituality, and posttraumatic growth
Measuring post-traumatic changes in spirituality/religiosity
Post-traumatic growth and the origins of early Christianity
A Dispositional and Situational Assessment of Children's Coping
Shattering world assumptions
The toll of traumatic loss in African Americans bereaved by homicide
Post-traumatic growth and bereavement
Religion and Spirituality in Adjustment Following Bereavement
The role of social support in adolescents
Positive Aspects of Critical Life Problems
Time of Change? The Spiritual Challenges of Bereavement and Loss
Relationship to the Bereaved and Perceptions of Severity of Trauma Differentiate Elements of Posttraumatic Growth
African American Homicide Bereavement
Death Anxiety in Adolescents
Six-Year Longitudinal Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth in Parentally Bereaved Adolescents and Young Adults
The impact of social support on adolescent coping in the context of urban poverty
Effect of Environmental Risk and Externalizing Comorbidity on Internalizing Problems Among Economically Disadvantaged A frican A merican Youth
Bereaved Parents' Outcomes 4 to 60 Months After Their Children's Deaths by Accident, Suicide, or Homicide
Don’t bother about me.” The grief and mental health of bereaved adolescents
Bereavement and Spiritual Change
Posttraumatic Growth among Adolescents
Positive Outcomes of Adolescents' Experience with Grief
Adolescent Bereavement and Social Support
Getting a Life
Economic Segregation, Race, and Homicide
Long-term effects of losing a spouse or child in a motor vehicle crash
Race, Code of the Street, and Violent Delinquency
Do urban adolescents become desensitized to community violence? Data from a national survey
Posttraumatic stress symptoms in context
Coping and responses to stress in Navajo adolescents
Making sense of loss and benefiting from the experience
Sense-Making, Grief, and the Experience of Violent Loss
Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought
Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis
Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence
Extended family households among children in the United States
Cultural Orientations in the United States
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |