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ArticlePsychological medicine2025

Reciprocal relations between prolonged grief and anger in homicidally bereaved people involved in a criminal trial: a four-wave cross-lagged panel model.

Lieke C J Nijborg, Maarten J J Kunst, Gerben J Westerhof, Jos de Keijser, Lonneke I M Lenferink

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Lieke C J NijborgDepartment of Psychology, Health, and Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management, and Social Sciences, https://ror.org/006hf6230University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0003-8425-2693
Maarten J J KunstInstitute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, https://ror.org/027bh9e22Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2790-9260
Gerben J WesterhofDepartment of Psychology, Health, and Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management, and Social Sciences, https://ror.org/006hf6230University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0993-1448
Jos de KeijserDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, https://ror.org/012p63287University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1229-3042
Lonneke I M LenferinkDepartment of Psychology, Health, and Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management, and Social Sciences, https://ror.org/006hf6230University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1329-6413

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Abstract

backgroundAnger may increase the risk for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) after violent loss. A source of anger for violently bereaved people can be the criminal proceedings that ensue following the loss. The present study explored the reciprocal associations between PGD and state anger and whether aspects of involvement in the criminal justice system (CJS) relate to PGD and state anger.

methodsWe analyzed data of 237 MH17-bereaved people collected 67, 79, 88, and 103 months after the loss. Cross-lagged panel modeling was employed to examine the reciprocal associations between PGD and state anger. In the optimal model, we regressed PGD and state anger levels on different aspects of CJS involvement.

resultsHigher PGD levels significantly predicted higher state anger levels at each wave (

conclusionsIf replicated, a clinical implication could be that targeting PGD levels in treatment may reduce state anger levels and, to a lesser extent, vice versa. Also, CJS involvement does not seem to have an impact on PGD and state anger in people confronted with violent loss.

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AngerBereavementCriminalsGriefHomicideAdultCriminal LawFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultangerbereavementcriminal justice systemgrieftrauma

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