How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms

This study investigated the importance of religious and spiritual beliefs in daily life in explaining prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptomatology. Participants were 588 bereaved adults who completed a questionnaire. The importance of spiritual beliefs in daily life explained a small to medium, sig...

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Main Authors: Christian, K., Aoun, Samar, Breen, Lauren
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72978
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description This study investigated the importance of religious and spiritual beliefs in daily life in explaining prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptomatology. Participants were 588 bereaved adults who completed a questionnaire. The importance of spiritual beliefs in daily life explained a small to medium, significant 3% of variance in PGD symptoms, but religious beliefs in daily life did not. Individuals who placed moderate importance on spiritual beliefs in their daily life may experience more intense grief.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-729782019-10-04T02:59:10Z How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms Christian, K. Aoun, Samar Breen, Lauren This study investigated the importance of religious and spiritual beliefs in daily life in explaining prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptomatology. Participants were 588 bereaved adults who completed a questionnaire. The importance of spiritual beliefs in daily life explained a small to medium, significant 3% of variance in PGD symptoms, but religious beliefs in daily life did not. Individuals who placed moderate importance on spiritual beliefs in their daily life may experience more intense grief. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72978 10.1080/07481187.2018.1469054 Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle Christian, K.
Aoun, Samar
Breen, Lauren
How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
title How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
title_full How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
title_fullStr How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
title_full_unstemmed How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
title_short How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
title_sort how religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72978