ArticleJournal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 532012
Longitudinal effects of parental bereavement on adolescent developmental competence.
Article in Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of controlled studies of suicidal and self-harming behaviours in adolescents following bereavement by suicide.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- When a parent dies - a systematic review of the effects of support programs for parentally bereaved children and their caregivers.BMC palliative care · 2017Pooled it
- Effect of a Cognitive-Behavioral Prevention Program on Depression 6 Years After Implementation Among At-Risk Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Effects of the Family Bereavement Program on academic outcomes, educational expectations and job aspirations 6 years later: the mediating role of parenting and youth mental health problems.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2015Trial
- Homicide at home: setting the agenda for an international collaboration to improve support for children bereaved due to family violence.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Bereavement Interventions for Children and Adolescents: An Evidence and Gap Map of Primary Studies and Systematic Reviews.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Risk factors for maladaptive grief and posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents following loss: a systematic review.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Review
- Navigating the minority grief paradox: racial-ethnic differences on parental death, social ties and early-midlife psychological distress in the United States.Longitudinal and life course studies : international journal · 2026Article
- Domain-specific and multidomain resilience among parentally bereaved youth: Assessment and associations with long-term outcomes.Development and psychopathology · 2026Article
- Parental loss: prevalence estimates and mental health impacts from the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.Australian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- A World That Recognises, Validates, and Supports Young People's Grief: A Co-Designed Study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Growing around grief: the lived experience of parentally-bereaved young people in the UK.Mortality (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Social Determinants and Developmental Factors Influencing Suicide Risk and Self-Injury in Healthcare Contexts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Losing a parent during childhood: The impact on adult romantic relationships.Family process · 2025Article
- When a parent dies: A scoping review of protective and risk processes for childhood bereavement.Death studies · 2025Article
- Neurocognition and academic achievement among bereaved children in the Generation R Cohort.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Bereavement due to COVID-19 pandemic among school-going adolescents - A cross-sectional study in district Dehradun.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Measuring bereavement prevalence in a complex sampling survey: the 2019 Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- Mental health among bereaved youth in the ALSPAC birth cohort: Consideration of early sociodemographic precursors, cognitive ability, and type of loss.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- Parental and Other Caregiver Loss Due to COVID-19 in the United States: Prevalence by Race, State, Relationship, and Child Age.Journal of community health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sudden parental bereavement on subsequent attainment of developmental competencies. This longitudinal study reports on 126 youth bereaved by sudden parental death (suicide, accident, or natural death) and 116 demographically similar nonbereaved controls assessed at 9, 21, 33, and 62 months after parental death, and at comparable times in controls. Half were female and 84.7% Caucasian. Youths and care-giving parents were assessed on psychiatric disorders, psychological characteristics, and contextual variables antecedent and subsequent to bereavement. At Month 62, at which time youth on average aged 18.4 years (SD = 3.1), participants were assessed on developmental competence using an adaptation of the Status Questionnaire, peer attachment using the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, and educational aspirations using the Future Expectations Scale. The bereaved and nonbereaved groups were compared using univariate and multivariate statistics, including path analyses. On univariate analyses, bereaved youth had more difficulties at work, less well-elaborated plans for career development, lower peer attachment, and diminished educational aspirations. The effects of bereavement were most commonly mediated via its effects on offspring and caregiver functioning and family climate, even after adjusting for the impact of predeath characteristics. Outcomes were unrelated to age at the time of parental death, gender of the deceased parent, or cause of death. Children who lost a parent to sudden death evidenced lower competence in work, peer relations, career planning, and educational aspirations, primarily mediated by the impact of bereavement on child and parental functioning and on family climate.
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