Problematic Emotions and Maternal Grief

Bibliographic Data

ID13630463
AuthorsPeter Barr (0000-0002-4256-7756, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia, corresponding author), Joanne Cacciatore (0000-0001-5803-1211, Arizona State University, Phoenix)
Year2008
Volume56
Issue4
Pages331-348
Publication date2008-04-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.56.4.b
PMID18435325
OpenAlexW2013005128
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited55

The study was an empirical examination of the relation of personality proneness to "problematic social emotions"--envy (Dispositional Envy Scale), jealousy (Interpersonal Jealousy Scale), and shame and guilt (Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2)--to maternal grief (Perinatal Grief Scale-33) following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant/child death. The 441 women who participated in the study were enrolled from the Website, e-mail contact lists, and parent support groups of an organization that offers information and support to bereaved parents. All four problematic emotions were positively correlated with maternal grief. Envy, jealousy, and guilt made significant unique contributions to the variance in maternal grief. Overall, time lapse since the loss and the four problematic emotion predispositions explained 43% of the variance in maternal grief following child bereavement

Developmental psychology · Disenfranchised grief · Feeling · Grief · Interpersonal communication · Jealousy · Miscarriage · Personality · Pregnancy · Psychotherapist · Scale (ratio · Shame · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology

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