title: The presence and predictors of complicated grief symptoms in perinatally bereaved mothers from a bereavement support organization.
abstract: The present study investigated the presence and possible predictors of complicated grief symptoms in perinatally bereaved mothers (N = 121) up to 5 years postbereavement. The presence of complicated grief scores in the clinical range was 12.4%, which is higher than in many other bereaved populations, and the presence of other living children may protect against the development of complicated grief symptoms. The majority of the women were able to negotiate a perinatal loss without developing complicated grief; however, there remains an important group of women who up to 5 years later score in the clinical range for complicated grief symptoms.
authors: a School of Psychology , University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW , Australia.
authors: Margaret
authors: M
authors: McSpedden
authors: a School of Psychology , University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW , Australia.|b Health Psychology and Behaviour Medicine, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology , Curtin University , Perth , WA , Australia.
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Mullan
authors: a School of Psychology , University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW , Australia.
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Sharpe
authors: b Health Psychology and Behaviour Medicine, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology , Curtin University , Perth , WA , Australia.
authors: Lauren J
authors: LJ
authors: Breen
authors: c Calvary Health Care Kogarah , Sydney , NSW , Australia.|d St. Vincent's Hospital, Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care, Darlinghurst , Sydney , NSW , Australia.|e School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia , Sydney , NSW , Australia.
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Lobb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D066087:Perinatal Death; D055815:Young Adult