TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Predictors of complicated grief after a natural disaster: a population study two years after the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Kristensen, Pal
A1  - Weisaeth, Lars
A1  - Heir, Trond
SP  - 137
EP  - 150
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
N2  - The authors examined predictors of complicated grief (CG) in Norwegians 2 years after bereavement in the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami. A cross-sectional postal survey retrospectively covering disaster experiences and assessing CG according to the Inventory of Complicated Grief yielded 130 respondents (35 directly disaster-exposed and 95 not directly exposed), with 47.7% screening CG positive. They identified positive associations between CG and being female, losing a child or spouse, and time to death confirmation, and negative associations with previous losses, being employed, and receiving social support. Direct exposure did not increase CG risk. Support service providers should be aware of this high prevalence of severe, persistent grief.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -