TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - A loss by suicide: the relationship between meaning-making, post-traumatic growth, and complicated grief
JO  - OMEGA - Journal of death and dying
A1  - Delgado, Heather
A1  - Goergen, Jessica
A1  - Tyler, Jessica
A1  - Windham, Heather
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Meaning making has been found useful in processing grief, yet individuals who have experienced a loss by suicide may have difficulty with post-loss adjustment due to the traumatic nature of their loss. Through quantitative study, this article acts as an initial exploratory study and examines the relationship between meaning-making, post-traumatic growth, and complicated grief symptoms in 81 college students from a large university in the United States who have experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide. The results of this study indicated that meaning-making serves as a mediator in the relationship with post-traumatic growth and complicated grief. This finding sheds light on the importance of meaning-making as a possible avenue of interventions for clinical use in bereavement from loss by suicide to treat grief symptoms and lead to post-traumatic growth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-2228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228231193184
ID  - ref1
ER  -