@article{ref1,
title="Grief following pet and human loss: closeness is key",
journal="Death studies",
year="2016",
author="Eckerd, Lizabeth M. and Barnett, James E. and Jett-Dias, Latishia",
volume="40",
number="5",
pages="275-282",
abstract="We compared grief severity and its predictors in two equivalent college student samples who had experienced the death of a pet (n = 211) or a person (n = 146) within the past 2 years. The human death sample reported higher grief severity, p < .01, but effect sizes were small (ds = .28-.30). For both samples, closeness to the deceased was overwhelmingly the strongest predictor of grief severity; other predictors generally dropped out with closeness added to the model. <br><br>RESULTS highlight the importance of including closeness to deceased in grief research, and its centrality in understanding grief counseling clients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2016.1139014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2016.1139014"
}