title: Human grief: a model for prediction and intervention.
abstract: The prevalent approach to understanding of and clinical intervention in the process of mourning employs a model based on stages of bereavement. This paper suggests a theoretical conception that is not tied to a fixed order of emotional states. Two dimensions--closeness of relationship and mourner's perception of preventability of the death--are identified as prime predictors of the intensity and duration of bereavement.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013997:Time Factors