ArticleAnxiety, stress, and coping2023
Looking back and moving forward: dimensions of coping flexibility divergently predict long-term bereavement outcomes.
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- Application of the dual process model in end-of-life and bereavement interventions: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Maladaptive Cognitive-Emotional Regulation Between Psychological Vulnerability and Psychological Capital Among Families of ICU Patients.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Latent profiles of coping and subjective views in parentally bereaved children: Predicting depression symptoms, intrusive grief, and suicidality over time.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- The Perceived Ability to Cope with Trauma Scale: A Russian-Language Adaptation.Consortium psychiatricum · 2025Article
- Meaning-Centred Coping Predicted Lower Depressive Symptoms among Caregivers with Complicated Grief.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Article
- Experiences of Fathers in Norway Attending an Online Course on Therapeutic Writing After the Death of a Child.Qualitative health research · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesBereavement is a serious public health concern. Some people suffer prolonged and debilitating functional impairment after the death of a loved one. Evidence suggests that flexibility in coping approaches predicts resilience after stressful life events, but its long-term effects after the unique experience of bereavement are unknown. Which strategies of coping flexibility predict better-or worse-adjustment over time for bereaved people and at what times? DESIGN AND
methodsThe present study used path analyses to investigate longitudinal effects of forward-focus and loss-focus coping strategies on symptoms of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder in a spousally bereaved adult sample (
resultsForward-focus coping demonstrated adaptive utility overall, with sooner effects on PCBD than on depression. By contrast, loss-focus coping demonstrated a delayed-onset, maladaptive pattern.
conclusionsThe findings contribute to the coping flexibility literature by suggesting that the adaptiveness or maladaptiveness of different coping strategies may depend on the context that requires coping. In particular, forward-focus coping may be substantially more advantageous than loss-focus coping in the context of bereavement. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.
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