Death StudiesPub Date : 2025-06-27DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2525191
Sevgi Koroglu, Gulgun Durat
{"title":"Beyond mourning: A qualitative exploration of the psychosocial effects of muslim death rituals in contemporary Turkey.","authors":"Sevgi Koroglu, Gulgun Durat","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2525191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2525191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The loss of a loved one can cause intense grief, and religious rituals play a significant role in coping with this pain. This study explores the psychosocial impact of religious rituals on grief within Turkish-Islamic society. Twenty-two participants who had lost a close relative were selected through purposive sampling on Instagram and Twitter. The average age was 33 ± 9.1; 68.2% were female, and 72.7% were single. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) focused on individual experiences, while Thematic Analysis (TA) identified shared themes. Three main themes emerged: social unity, confronting death, and family cohesion. Participants highlighted the importance of funeral prayers, Mevlid, and Quran recitation during mourning. Collective rituals were found to strengthen social support, while family-based rituals promoted emotional sharing and stronger family ties. The findings show the positive effects of religious rituals on grief and emphasize the need for spiritually informed approaches in mental health counseling.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144505078","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 : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2523644
Ruth Malkinson, Eliezer Witztum, Alexander Manevich, Simon Shimshon Rubin
{"title":"A short-term intervention program for traumatic grief guided by the Two-Track Model of Bereavement (TTMB): Applying a multi-module transtheoretical framework.","authors":"Ruth Malkinson, Eliezer Witztum, Alexander Manevich, Simon Shimshon Rubin","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2523644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2523644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of the present article is to describe and demonstrate the principles of multi-module and short-term intervention for traumatic bereavement. This intervention program is based on the Two-Track Model of Loss and Bereavement (TTMB), a model that provides a multidimensional framework for assessing and formulating interventions following interpersonal loss. Following a brief introduction to the topic of traumatic loss and bereavement and its relevance, we proceed to consider the TTMB succinctly. This is followed by its application in a multi-module approach to intervention which illustrates the potential for a variety of clinical approaches to be utilized. The intervention approaches included - the psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and strategic - demonstrate how the therapists' personal orientations are conceptualized as modules for structuring treatment. These modules can be combined depending on the needs of the client, the goals of the treatment and the orientation of the therapist. Subsequently, three stages of the intervention and their main themes are described: (a) assessment, establishment of the therapeutic alliance, and determination of shared goals; (b) a mixed \"modular\" intervention adapted to the foci of treatment; and (c) preparation for termination and separation. Following this, the article turns to a case vignette and the subsequent intervention to illustrate the application of the principles of the multi-module intervention paradigm described herein.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144474200","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":"Exploring attentional bias in nursing students under sadness priming: A dot-probe study.","authors":"Yuanhong Lin, Yu Zhang, Minrui Li, Jingting Liu, Haichao Fu, Yuying Xiao, Lanxin Deng, Yulin Gao","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2521743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2521743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to examine how sadness primed in nursing students, influences attentional bias using the dot-probe task. Sixty nursing students who have experienced patient deaths were randomly assigned to either a sadness priming group or a control group in a dot-probe study. Results indicated that, under emotional priming, the sadness priming group had longer reaction times to sad faces in the inconsistent condition compared to the consistent condition (<i>p</i> = 0.001), and shorter reaction times in the consistent condition compared to the neutral condition (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Additionally, their attention orientation index was greater than that of the control group, <i>t</i>(58)=2.477, <i>p</i> = 0.017; both the attention bias index and attention orientation index were significantly greater than 0, <i>t</i>(29)=3.098, <i>p</i> = 0.004; <i>t</i>(29)=3.740, <i>p</i> = 0.001. These findings indicate that sadness priming, leads nursing students to exhibit an attentional bias toward sad faces, characterized by facilitated attention.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144474201","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 : 2025-06-21DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2521738
Kelley Ellis, Liza Barros-Lane, Tiffany Kasper
{"title":"The difficulties of parenting when widowed: A qualitative study of the lived experience.","authors":"Kelley Ellis, Liza Barros-Lane, Tiffany Kasper","doi":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2521738","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07481187.2025.2521738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Partner loss is considered one of the most stressful events in a person's life. Complicating this for young widows with children is the distress of witnessing the grief of their children. Widows must navigate managing their and their children's grief. This existential phenomenological study seeks to understand the experience of young widows in the parenting of their children after the death of their partner. Qualitative findings from 19 women indicated three themes: a) Widowed parents wrestled with an agonizing dilemma-how to deliver the dreaded news of their partner's death to their children; b) widows realized the weight of their grief and loss had impacted their capacity to parent c) widowed mothers navigated the complex and often conflicting dynamics of parenting children who were profoundly changed by loss. These findings highlight the need for further study, education, and support for families impacted by the death of a parent and partner.</p>","PeriodicalId":11041,"journal":{"name":"Death Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144339983","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 : 2025-06-20DOI: 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":"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":"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}