title: Online grief support groups: facilitators' attitudes.
abstract: Although bereaved individuals report positive experiences from participating in online support groups, little is known from a facilitator perspective. Using a web-based survey, data was collected from a national sample of grief facilitators (N = 64). Respondents reported more favorable attitudes toward in-person groups over online and indicated a low likelihood of facilitating an online group in the next year. However, 62% of the sample (n = 37) reported willingness to refer to online groups. This attitude may reflect facilitator acknowledgment of the need to increase the presence and availability of grief services; a need that bereaved individuals' express, as shown in previous research.
authors.affiliation: a College of Health Sciences , Old Dominion University , Norfolk , Virginia , USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lubas
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Leo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024382:Professional Role; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult