TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental death in young adults with divorced compared to non-divorced parents
T2 - The effect on prolonged grief and mental health
AU - Marcussen, Jette
AU - Hounsgaard, Lise
AU - O'Connor, Maja
AU - Möller, Sören
AU - Wilson, Rhonda
AU - Thuen, Frode
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the Danish National Center for Grief, who provided access through their Facebook site and to all the participants for their valuable contribution to this study. We are also grateful to University College Lillebaelt that provided the financial support.
Funding Information:
We are grateful to the Danish National Center for Grief, who provided access through their Facebook site and to all the participants for their valuable contribution to this study. We are also grateful to University College Lillebaelt that provided the financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This cross-sectional survey compares the risk of mental health problems like poor well-being, complicated and prolonged grief, and mental disorders between young adults experiencing a divorced or non-divorced parent’s death. 190 participants were recruited from Facebook via the Danish National Center for Grief. Well-being was measured using WHO-5, prolonged grief using PG-13 and complicated grief using BGQ, and common mental disorders using CMDQ. Findings confirmed deleterious effects on mental health in young adults experiencing parental death, but higher risk, when losing a divorced parent compared to a non-divorced parent, was associated to prolonged grief, complicated grief, bodily distress syndrome, and alcohol misuse.
AB - This cross-sectional survey compares the risk of mental health problems like poor well-being, complicated and prolonged grief, and mental disorders between young adults experiencing a divorced or non-divorced parent’s death. 190 participants were recruited from Facebook via the Danish National Center for Grief. Well-being was measured using WHO-5, prolonged grief using PG-13 and complicated grief using BGQ, and common mental disorders using CMDQ. Findings confirmed deleterious effects on mental health in young adults experiencing parental death, but higher risk, when losing a divorced parent compared to a non-divorced parent, was associated to prolonged grief, complicated grief, bodily distress syndrome, and alcohol misuse.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070805853&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/parental-death-young-adults-divorced-compared-nondivorced-parents-effect-prolonged-grief-mental-heal
U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2019.1648337
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2019.1648337
M3 - Article
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 45
SP - 437
EP - 450
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 6
ER -
