Five-factor model in bereaved adults with and without complicated grief. Issue 3 (16th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goetter, Elizabeth; Bui, Eric; Horenstein, Arielle; Baker, Amanda W.; Hoeppner, Susanne; Charney, Meredith; Simon, Naomi M.
• Is Part Of: Death studies. Volume 43:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 209
• Publication Date: 2019-03-16
• Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Terminal care -- Periodicals; Death -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 306.9
• DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1446059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-1187

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Knowledge about what psychological characteristics underlie complicated grief (CG) is limited. The current study examined the five-factor personality traits in 81 bereaved adults with ( n = 51) and without ( n = 30) CG. A trained doctoral-level clinician evaluated participants using a structured, diagnostic psychiatric interview, and they completed self-report measures of grief and personality. A multiple regression model indicated that higher levels of neuroticism were associated with greater CG symptom severity, implicating neuroticism in the development of CG. Future prospective studies confirming it as a risk factor for the development of CG are warranted.