Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2521505
Yaira Hamama-Raz, Edit Solomon
{"title":"Social acknowledgment and posttraumatic growth among bereaved adult sons and daughters of security forces personnel: The interplay with continuing bonds and complicated grief.","authors":"Yaira Hamama-Raz, Edit Solomon","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2521505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2521505","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This retrospective study examined the relationship between social acknowledgment and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among bereaved adult sons and daughters of security forces personnel, focusing on the mediating roles of complicated grief (CG) and continuing bonds (CBs). The sample consists of 455 Israeli bereaved adult offspring, who lost a parent during childhood (mean age at loss: 7 years; mean time since loss: 45 years). Findings indicate that social acknowledgment is negatively associated with CG and positively associated with PTG. While CG is positively linked to CBs, it did not significantly predict PTG. The results reveal a serial mediation where social acknowledgment reduces CG, which in turn lowers CBs, ultimately reducing PTG (opposing signs of the direct effect of social acknowledgment on PTG). These findings highlight the complex grief processes among security forces-bereaved adult offspring and the importance of societal recognition in helping them navigate the impact of their loss to growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144332633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2516577
Jamison S Bottomley, William Feigelman, Julie Cerel, Alice Edwards, Nina Gutin, John L McIntosh, Bernard S Gorman
{"title":"Prevalence and vulnerability for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults recently bereaved by suicide.","authors":"Jamison S Bottomley, William Feigelman, Julie Cerel, Alice Edwards, Nina Gutin, John L McIntosh, Bernard S Gorman","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2516577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2516577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research with longer-term survivors of suicide loss suggests that suicide bereavement is a major risk factor for suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB). This study examined the prevalence and correlates of STB among a national sample of adults recently bereaved by suicide (<i>N</i> = 1,132). Nearly one-third (<i>n</i> = 348; 30.7%) reported lifetime suicidal ideation and 14.4% (<i>n</i> = 162) reported past-year suicidal ideation. Multivariate analyses indicated that greater depressive symptoms (β = 0.26, <i>p</i> < 0.001), illicit drug use (β = 0.16, <i>p</i> < 0.001), un- or underemployment (β = 0.16, <i>p</i> < 0.001), witnessing the suicide (β = 0.12, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and not being religiously affiliated (β = -0.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001), among other correlates, were associated with greater STB severity. Findings extend prior research on STB among adults bereaved by suicide and can inform prevention and postvention efforts by emphasizing transdiagnostic assessment and leveraging evidence-based support.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144332632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-11DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2516581
Daniel T Dickie, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Dorian Lamis
{"title":"Psychometric properties and item evaluation of the life attitudes schedule: Short form: A novel measure of suicide proneness.","authors":"Daniel T Dickie, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Dorian Lamis","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2516581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2516581","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide is a leading. cause of death for emerging adults, thus there is critical need for measurement tools to assess suicide risk. The Life Attitudes Schedule (LAS) and its short-form (LAS:SF) were designed to assess suicide proneness, a construct, representing one's propensity to engage in life diminishing/life-shortening behaviors, theoretically occurring before overt suicidal ideation. Despite the utility of assessing suicide proneness, the LAS:SF is used with relative infrequency and shows worsening psychometric properties across time. Additionally, suicide proneness has not been integrated into recent suicidal behavior theories nor the ideation-to-action framework. Consequently, this study evaluated the psychometric properties and factor structure of the LAS:SF in four college student samples. Several items performed poorly across samples, are culturally and theoretically outdated, and/or assess more than one thought, feeling, or action. We highlight the need to update the measure and incorporate this construct into current theories of suicidality and emerging prevention efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-11DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2516580
Elisa P Dumitru, Roxana A I Cardoș, Daniel O David
{"title":"The Romanian adaptation of the death anxiety beliefs and behaviors scale.","authors":"Elisa P Dumitru, Roxana A I Cardoș, Daniel O David","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2516580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2516580","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite growing interest in death anxiety as a transdiagnostic factor, no validated death anxiety measures exist in Romanian. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Death Anxiety Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (DABBS) in Romanian. A total of 482 participants completed the online assessment consisting of the adapted DABBS, as well as measures of depression, anxiety, neuroticism, and self-esteem. The same measures were applied at retest, three weeks later. Confirmatory Factor Analysis did not confirm the original three-factor model. Exploratory Factor Analysis identified a new five-factor structure: \"Affect,\" \"Death Beliefs about Self,\" \"Death Beliefs about Others,\" \"Behavioral Avoidance,\" and \"Experiential Avoidance.\" The Romanian DABBS demonstrated good construct validity, excellent internal consistency and good test-retest reliability. Although the Romanian version differs factorially, findings support it as a reliable measure of death anxiety in Romanian populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144274392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2513995
Michelle Stubbs, Carla Sunner, Minah Gaviola, Tosin Popoola, Julie Reis
{"title":"Experiences of grief and loss among registered nurses in residential aged care facilities: A qualitative descriptive study.","authors":"Michelle Stubbs, Carla Sunner, Minah Gaviola, Tosin Popoola, Julie Reis","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2513995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2513995","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Registered nurses working in residential aged care facilities frequently encounter dying and death. While caring for the dying is part of their role, RNs are at risk of experiencing unexpressed grief and loss, which can have negative physical and emotional effects. Individual experiences of grief and loss in registered nurses working residential aged care facilities are underexplored. This qualitative descriptive study explores how registered nurses in residential aged care facilities characterize their experience of grief and loss. Semi structured face-to face interviews were conducted with nine registered nurses from two residential aged care facilities in New South Wales, Australia. Data were analyzed using an inductive thematic approach. Four themes were identified: (1) evolution of emotion; (2) wellbeing and resilience; (3) challenges; (4) solutions. While participants expressed resilience and coping strategies, there is a need for a structured organizational approach to support RNs, particularly new graduate registered nurses in managing grief and loss.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144257551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2513993
Şeyma Sehlikoğlu, Esra Bekircan, Safa Tanrıöver
{"title":"Prolonged grief disorder among those who have lost family members due to natural disasters: A mixed design study.","authors":"Şeyma Sehlikoğlu, Esra Bekircan, Safa Tanrıöver","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2513993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2513993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was aimed at determining the prolonged grief levels of individuals who lost one or more relatives during the earthquakes and investigating the grief experiences of individuals whose prolonged grief levels are high. This mixed-method study was designed according to the exploratory sequential design approach. The Prolonged Grief Disorder Questionnaire (PG-13) was used, and in the qualitative phase, a semi-structured interview form was used to explore prolonged grief experiences of the participants. While 178 people participated in the descriptive part of the study, 24 people participated in the qualitative part. The mean score (32.02 ± 10.12) of the participants who lost their loved ones in the earthquakes obtained from the Prolonged Grief Disorder Questionnaire 1 year after the earthquakes was above average. The participants whose prolonged grief disorder levels were high also stated that their functionality was negatively affected and that they had difficulty in coping with this situation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2514000
Goda Gegieckaitė, Olga Zamalijeva, Karolina Petraškaitė, Jonathan Lewis-Jong, David Lester
{"title":"Psychometric properties of the Lithuanian versions of the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale and the Existential Death Anxiety Scale.","authors":"Goda Gegieckaitė, Olga Zamalijeva, Karolina Petraškaitė, Jonathan Lewis-Jong, David Lester","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2514000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2514000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two death anxiety measures-the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (CLFODS) and the Existential Death Anxiety Scale (EDAS)-facilitate the study of specific aspects of death anxiety. The aim of the present study was to test the psychometric properties of Lithuanian versions of the CLFODS and the EDAS. The sample consisted of 528 participants, 75.9% were women, from 18 to 82 years old (<i>M</i> = 33.63, <i>SD</i> = 14.47). Both scales had good psychometric properties and, for the most part, the findings confirmed the original factor structure. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the four-factor structure of the CLFODS and the two-factor structure of the EDAS. Both scales had good internal consistency. The results indicate that the Lithuanian versions of the CLFODS and the EDAS have good psychometric properties and can be used for research, although the EDAS factor structure might require further examination in future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-09DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2513997
Edouard Leaune, Pauline Lau-Taï, Alexandra Pitman
{"title":"The phenomenon of bereavement anniversary reactions: An integrative systematic review.","authors":"Edouard Leaune, Pauline Lau-Taï, Alexandra Pitman","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2513997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2513997","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Theories of grief describe a dynamic process in which an individual oscillates between loss orientation and restoration. However, the phenomenon of bereavement anniversary reactions has not been described comprehensively. We summarized the findings from case reports and research evidence describing grief reactions, psychopathology, mortality, and anniversary mourning practices and interventions reporting on anniversary reactions after any cause of bereavement. We identified 58 eligible articles (case reports; qualitative studies; quantitative studies). We summarized i) available definitions and terminologies used for bereavement anniversary reactions, as applied to death anniversaries, birthdays, and other significant occasions, ii) the occurrence of specific grief responses, physical symptoms, psychopathology, and increased mortality occurring around bereavement anniversaries, noted particularly in women, and iii) specific mourning practices and interventions described around bereavement anniversaries, noting positive and negative aspects. Despite its heterogeneity, the literature supports the phenomenon of a bereavement anniversary reaction, constituting physical and psychological reactions and elevated mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A self-management mobile app for bereaved adolescents: Assessing the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial in an internal pilot study.","authors":"Rebecca Rhodin, Rakel Eklund, Anneli Silvén Hagström, Atle Dyregrov, Josefin Sveen","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2513980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2513980","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a self-management mobile app for bereaved adolescents. Key areas assessed were recruitment, randomization, data collection, and intervention acceptability. In an internal pilot trial - where a pilot phase is embedded within a main trial to assess its feasibility - 36 adolescents aged 12-19 were randomized to use the app or a website with psychoeducation. All adolescents had experienced the loss of a family member and completed assessments prior to receiving the intervention and eight weeks after access. Results revealed the trial to be feasible, although indicating the need for minor adjustments to recruitment, screening, and inclusion criteria. Adolescents reported high satisfaction with the app, highlighting its helpfulness in understanding grief, improving communication, and seeking support. Overall, the study supports the feasibility of proceeding to a main trial within which app helpfulness and effects can be further explored.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2514162
Gagan Gill, Lily Pankratz, Salina Pirzada, Kelsey Papineau, Jennifer M Hensel, James M Bolton, Maia S Kredenster, Renée El-Gabalawy, Christian La Riviere, Tim Hiebert, Kendiss Olafson, Kristin Reynolds, Harvey Max Chochinov
{"title":"\"There is no dignity in this\": Understanding the experience of families facing death of a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Gagan Gill, Lily Pankratz, Salina Pirzada, Kelsey Papineau, Jennifer M Hensel, James M Bolton, Maia S Kredenster, Renée El-Gabalawy, Christian La Riviere, Tim Hiebert, Kendiss Olafson, Kristin Reynolds, Harvey Max Chochinov","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2514162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2514162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic changed every aspect of how families managed the experience of dying loved ones. This Canadian study enrolled 24 immediate family members of patients who died of any cause during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Participants were interviewed, exploring their experiences from before hospitalization to death and bereavement including dignity related concerns. A qualitative study design rooted in constructivist grounded theory methodology resulted in a unique grounded theory framework. Three critical stages related to experiences of death and dying were identified: <i>navigating community support and healthcare services, end-of-life care and experiences, and living with down-stream effects of dealing with death.</i> Four cross-cutting core themes emerged, including <i>impacts of public health restrictions, overwhelmed healthcare system, emotional burden on family members,</i> and <i>navigating family relationships</i>. In anticipation of future global health crises or circumstances that preclude family presence, our study informs strategies to support and care for those whose loved ones are going to die.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}