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ArticleOmega2024

Still With Me? Assessing the Persisting Relationship to a Deceased Loved-One - Validation of the "Continuing Bonds Scale" in a German Population.

Dora Hopf, Monika Eckstein, Beate Ditzen, Corina Aguilar-Raab

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Article in Omega, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Continuing bonds in men grieving a loved one.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Dora HopfInstitute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Monika EcksteinInstitute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Beate DitzenInstitute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Corina Aguilar-RaabInstitute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9956-7047

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continuing the bond (CB) to a deceased loved one plays a clinically significant role in grief. We validated the Continuing Bonds Scale (CBS) examining externalized CB (illusions and hallucinations) versus internalized CB (use of the deceased as a secure base) in relation to risk factors of complicated grief and bereavement-related adjustment. Data from 364 bereaved German participants on CBS, Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), and Posttraumatic Personal Growth Inventory (PPGI) entered an exploratory factor analysis. This yielded a two-factor-solution representing externalized and internalized CB (

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GriefObject AttachmentAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedAttitude to DeathBereavementFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultattachmentbereavement complicated griefContinuing Bonds Scaleposttraumatic personal growthprolonged grief disorder

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PMID35302429
PMCPMC11100273

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