Complicated grief and uncomplicated grief are distinguishable constructs.
With data from 242 mourners who received help post-loss and were at least 6 months removed from their loss, it was found that symptoms proposed as denoting complicated grief (CG) are distinguishable from reactions representing uncomplicated grief (UG). With data from a subgroup of 130 mourners, CG but not UG was found to relate to concurrent distress and disability.
Boelen
Paul A
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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. P.Boelen@fss.uu.nl
van den Bout
Jan
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D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics