Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Symptoms Predict Grief Interview Emotions. (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Sherman A.; Jobe, Mary C.; Mathis, Amanda A.; Gibbons, Jeffrey A.
• Is Part Of: Omega. Volume 84:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 856
• Page End: 869
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: persistent complex bereavement disorder -- grief -- predictive validity -- interview; Death -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Bereavement -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Death -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Suicide -- Periodicals; 306.9
• DOI: 10.1177/0030222820919013
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0030-2228

Abstract

This study examined persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD) symptoms' ability to predict emotional reactions of 69 bereaved adults who participated in grief interviews. The results supported the predictive validity of PCBD symptoms for both self-report and behavioral observation measures of sadness but with only one behavioral measure of happiness. Furthermore, PCBD symptoms uniquely predicted sadness in all but one measure of that emotion while accounting for symptoms of depression, posttraumatic stress, and separation anxiety. Because interviews are the primary method of psychological evaluation for clinicians, these findings collectively support the validity of the PCBD construct.