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    Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning

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    Authors
    Breen, Lauren
    Mancini, Vincent
    Lee, Sherman
    Pappalardo, Emily
    Neimeyer, Robert
    Date
    2021
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Breen, L. and Mancini, V. and Lee, S. and Pappalardo, E. and Neimeyer, R. 2021. Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning. Death Studies. 46 (1): pp. 43-52.
    Source Title
    Death Studies
    DOI
    10.1080/07481187.2021.1974666
    ISSN
    0748-1187
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    Curtin School of Population Health
    Remarks

    This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Death Studies on 21/9/2021available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07481187.2021.1974666

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85549
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with significant social changes due to legislative and public health requirements, has changed the way in which people experience grief. We examined whether dysfunctional grief symptoms, disrupted meaning, risk factors, and functional impairment differed between people bereaved from COVID-19 and from other natural or violent causes in this same period. A sample of 409 participants (67.73% male; M = 37.54 years) completed an online survey in June 2021. There were no statistically significant differences between the three groups on any of the outcome variables; all three groups manifested clinical levels of functional impairment equal to or greater than bereaved groups diagnosed with complicated or prolonged grief disorder prior to the pandemic. Disrupted meaning partially mediated the relationship between risk factors on the one hand and functional impairment and dysfunctional grief symptoms on the other. Findings indicate that deaths during COVID-19, rather than deaths from COVID-19, may precipitate symptoms of significant clinical concern.

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