Prevalence matters: The influence of socio-demographic and loss-related variables on the development of prolonged grief disorder

A.A.A.M.J. Djelantik, B. Wagner, S. Soydas, C. Killikelly

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Abstract

A meta-analysis is currently being conducted on pro-longed grief disorder (PGD) following unnatural losses.Preliminary results indicate a much higher prevalencethan the prevalence of PGD following natural losses. Inaddition, other loss-related variables may be associatedwith PGD prevalence. This symposium aims to illustratethe clinical implications of these‘prevalence matters’bypresenting two studies of large help-seeking samples ofbereaved individuals. The first study is based on datafrom 942 Western homicidally bereaved individuals. Thesecond study examined data from 2404 Arabic speakingbereaved individuals. The third study introduces a cultu-rally-sensitive online assessment measure of PGD forSwiss, Japanese and Chinese bereaved individuals.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1613834
Pages (from-to)11-11
JournalEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology
Volume10
Issue numbersup1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event16th ESTSS Conference: Trauma in transition: Building bridges - Conference Centre 'De Doelen', Rotterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 14 Jun 201916 Jun 2019
https://estss2019.eu/

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