OmegaPub Date : 2026-10-10DOI: 10.1177/00302228261496814
Marc Kenneth F Cabañero
{"title":"Digital Mourning as Collective Psychosocial Support: A Descriptive Phenomenology of Technologically Mediated Grief in a Collectivist Context.","authors":"Marc Kenneth F Cabañero","doi":"10.1177/00302228261496814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261496814","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines digital mourning as collective psychosocial support in a collectivist context. Using Husserlian descriptive phenomenology, it reanalyzes interviews with ten Filipino Facebook users who expressed grief online. The analysis explicates how digital environments constitute shared empathy, moral participation, and affective solidarity as lived relational processes. Findings show that digital mourning is not merely a supportive environment but a relational-spiritual praxis through which grief is enacted as psychosocial support. Structured through technological affordances such as immediacy, visibility, and persistence, digital mourning enables relational connectedness, emotional co-regulation, and communal healing. It functions as a mediated relational space that sustains co-presence, reciprocity, and continuity. The study advances community psychology and digital mental health research by reframing digital mourning as a relationally constituted practice of care. It demonstrates how online platforms support resilience, social connectedness, and psychological well-being, offering culturally responsive insights for bereavement support, psychosocial intervention, and grief-support design across contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261496814"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149168442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-10-09DOI: 10.1177/00302228261493385
Priyanka Sahoo, Sayantani Behura, Aliva Mohanty
{"title":"The Impact of Widowhood on Well-Being: Challenges, Coping Mechanisms, and Policy Implications.","authors":"Priyanka Sahoo, Sayantani Behura, Aliva Mohanty","doi":"10.1177/00302228261493385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261493385","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Widowhood is one of the major life transitions with implications for the psychological, social, and economic well-being of women, especially in India. The research explores the situation of widows in Odisha, focusing on their psychological well-being, as measured by the WHO Well-Being Index, and the coping mechanisms they employ. With a sample of 100 widows, the study finds that 82% face financial instability, while 67% experience anxiety and loneliness. The WHO-5 assessment shows that 31% of respondents suffer from poor mental health, significantly elevating their risk for depression. Active participation in economic and social security schemes, including the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (INGWPS), help improve mental health (P < 0.001). These findings underscore that financial independence and institutional support are crucial for improving quality of life during widowhood. Finally, the present study stresses the necessity of economic empowerment and access to psychiatric treatment, especially for widows in Odisha.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261493385"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149148201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-10-09DOI: 10.1177/00302228261494255
Chibueze Nkemka, Suzanne Elayan, Martin Sykora, Ketan Shankardass
{"title":"Explaining Negative Affect across Los Angeles in the Aftermath of Nipsey Hussle's Death: The Role of Neighborhood Context.","authors":"Chibueze Nkemka, Suzanne Elayan, Martin Sykora, Ketan Shankardass","doi":"10.1177/00302228261494255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261494255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores trends in the distribution of negative emotional expression on Twitter during the parasocial grieving process following the death of a popular musician, Nipsey Hussle (Ermias Joseph Asghedom), on March 31, 2019. We analyzed a dataset of 43,566 tweets that were geolocated within the city of Los Angeles between March 1 and April 29, 2019. Ontology-based software Emotive and Stresscapes were used to score tweet content for emotional content. A general increase in sadness and stress occurred in the immediate aftermath of Mr. Asghedom's death, with higher concentrations of stress in tweets from neighborhoods of Downtown Los Angeles, Hyde Park, Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw, and Watts. These neighborhoods also had a higher proportion of Black residents than other LA neighborhoods. This study demonstrates how social media can serve as a tool for identifying and understanding neighborhood-level emotional responses to traumatic events and highlights the importance of the demographic context in shaping grief expression.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261494255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149148432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-10-08DOI: 10.1177/00302228261496857
Abdullah Ensar Uzun, Gülgün Uzun
{"title":"Suicide Cognitions as an Indirect Pathway Between Defeat and Entrapment.","authors":"Abdullah Ensar Uzun, Gülgün Uzun","doi":"10.1177/00302228261496857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261496857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the indirect pathway of suicide cognitions in the relationship between defeat and entrapment. Defeat is a complex emotional state involving failure, cognitive evaluations, and coping responses. It can undermine self-efficacy and control, limiting problem-solving and fostering entrapment. Entrapment, defined as immobility due to unresolved internal tensions, intensifies when suicide cognitions emerge, particularly during powerlessness. Using a half-longitudinal design (two waves, partial follow-up) and cross-lagged panel autoregressive analysis, the study assessed 420 adults (Mage = 22.08, SD = 5.99; 320 females, 100 males). Findings indicate that suicide cognitions function as an indirect pathway: defeat increases suicide cognitions, which in turn heighten entrapment. Early identification and intervention targeting suicide cognitions may reduce the impact of defeat on entrapment.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261496857"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149139832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-09-28DOI: 10.1177/00302228261490187
Leyi Wang, Po Hu, Lan Yang, Reyisai Bakeli, Ling Zhang, Nannan Liu, Xin Xu
{"title":"The Longitudinal Association Between Death Attitudes and Grief Symptoms: A Three-Wave Cross-Lagged Study.","authors":"Leyi Wang, Po Hu, Lan Yang, Reyisai Bakeli, Ling Zhang, Nannan Liu, Xin Xu","doi":"10.1177/00302228261490187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261490187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is characterized by persistent and impairing grief symptoms following bereavement. Although certain death attitudes have been associated with grief symptoms, their bidirectional relationships over time remain unclear. This three-wave (6-month intervals) study examined reciprocal associations between five dimensions of death attitudes (fear of death, death avoidance, neutral acceptance, approach acceptance, escape acceptance) and grief symptoms in 159 bereaved Chinese college students using cross-lagged panel models. Results showed that fear of death at Time 1 predicted higher grief symptoms at Time 2. Conversely, higher grief symptoms at Time 1 predicted lower neutral acceptance at Time 2, while higher grief symptoms at Time 2 predicted greater escape acceptance at Time 3. No other significant cross-lagged effects emerged. These findings reveal a dimension-specific, bidirectional pattern of longitudinal associations between death attitudes and grief symptoms, and highlight the potential relevance of death-related cognition in grief interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261490187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-09-28DOI: 10.1177/00302228261490186
Anding Liu, Jiawen Wang, Hui Tao
{"title":"A Study of Naxi Funerary Beliefs, Rituals, Attire and Bereavement Experiences in China.","authors":"Anding Liu, Jiawen Wang, Hui Tao","doi":"10.1177/00302228261490186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261490186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines Naxi funerary culture through the interrelated dimensions of belief, ritual, and materiality, drawing on historical sources, publicly available visual materials, and online semi-structured interviews. It first reviews core beliefs, including the conception that humans possess three souls and the return of the soul to the ancestors, and traces the development of Naxi funerary practices from natural disposal and cremation to contemporary combinations of cremation and burial. Building on existing case records from the Sanba area, it discusses receiving the last breath, the wake, the funeral procession, and cremation, and analyzes Dongba ritual vestments, the deceased's funerary garment, and relatives' mourning dress in marking identity, guiding the soul, and structuring mourning. It argues that Naxi funerary practice understands death as spiritual transformation, ancestral reintegration, and social reorganization, offering a localized perspective on death, rites of passage, and dress symbolism.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261490186"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-09-26DOI: 10.1177/00302228261492870
Peyton Henry, Mina Velimirović, Anika N Sigel, Marie T Campione, Sophie R Abber, Sanaika Shetty, Morgan Robison, Esther C Park, Thomas Joiner, James Silver
{"title":"Public Mass Shooters and the Prevalence of Suicidality.","authors":"Peyton Henry, Mina Velimirović, Anika N Sigel, Marie T Campione, Sophie R Abber, Sanaika Shetty, Morgan Robison, Esther C Park, Thomas Joiner, James Silver","doi":"10.1177/00302228261492870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261492870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is well documented that over a third of public mass shooters die by suicide. However, the rate of suicidality among public mass shooters <i>during their attacks</i> may be greater. Using the notion of a final act mentality, we operationalize suicidality as not only intentionally ending one's life but also as accepting that committing the act will end one's life as they know it. To assess the rate of suicidality in public mass shooters, we analyze publicly available data on plans to avoid capture, initial outcomes post-attack, and suicidal capability for 54 offenders who killed six or more people between January 1, 2000, and May 6, 2023. Our findings indicate that nearly all public mass shooters were suicidal at the time of the attack. Although based on a small sample, we found no statistically significant difference in suicidal capability between those who lived versus those who died by suicide.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261492870"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149066672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1177/00302228261489676
Carol Fadalla, Elisabeth McLean, Andrew Littlefield, Zachary G Baker, Jonathan Singer
{"title":"Item Response Theory to Evaluate Prolonged Grief Disorder in the DSM-5-TR Among Young Adults.","authors":"Carol Fadalla, Elisabeth McLean, Andrew Littlefield, Zachary G Baker, Jonathan Singer","doi":"10.1177/00302228261489676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261489676","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) has been included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). However, the factor structure of PGD has been contested and few studies have tested competing models or assessed the item-level fit of PGD symptoms included in the DSM-5-TR using Item Response Theory (IRT). Therefore, this study addressed these gaps using IRT. The results indicated that a modified three-factor model of the PGD criteria demonstrated the best model fit. IRT analyses identified items in the PGD criteria provided little information or peak information at low-to-average levels of PGD. These findings underscore the importance of assessing item-level information to improve the DSM-5-TR PGD criteria and the need to replicate study results using IRT in a representative sample. These findings and future studies are vital to improve our measurement of PGD and advance the field for future iterations of the DSM.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261489676"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149027110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-09-22DOI: 10.1177/00302228261488538
Marius Rotar, Ioana Ursu
{"title":"Cremation Under Siege: Managing the Dead in the Late Interwar Romania.","authors":"Marius Rotar, Ioana Ursu","doi":"10.1177/00302228261488538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261488538","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the changing meaning of cremation in late interwar Romania. From the opening of the Cenuşa Crematorium in Bucharest in 1928 to the collapse of the National Legionary State in 1941, debates about cremation moved beyond theological questions and became increasingly connected to religion, nationalism, antisemitism, and state power. Particular attention is paid to the clandestine cremation of twenty-four Legionaries after the assassination of Prime Minister Armand Călinescu in 1939 and to their exhumation in 1940. These events changed the symbolic significance of the crematorium, turning it from a controversial funerary institution into a site linked to political violence, martyrdom, and the destruction of evidence. Yet, despite strong opposition to cremation from the Romanian far right and the Romanian Orthodox Church, the practice was never banned. Instead, the government took a pragmatic approach, allowing the crematorium to remain open while prohibiting religious services there.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261488538"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149019009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2026-09-19DOI: 10.1177/00302228261486282
Kirstine Bøndergaard, Mette Kjærgaard Nielsen, Jane Ege Møller, Poul Videbech, Louise Elkjær Fløe, Nina Marie Videbech, Mette Asbjoern Neergaard
{"title":"Quality in Palliative Care for Patients With Pre-existing Severe Mental Disorders - A Questionnaire Study With Danish Health Care Professionals.","authors":"Kirstine Bøndergaard, Mette Kjærgaard Nielsen, Jane Ege Møller, Poul Videbech, Louise Elkjær Fløe, Nina Marie Videbech, Mette Asbjoern Neergaard","doi":"10.1177/00302228261486282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228261486282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundPatients with severe mental disorders (SMDs) face disparities in end-of-life care, yet knowledge about the quality of palliative care is limited.AimsThis study examined healthcare professionals' perspectives on palliative care for patients with SMDs.MethodsQuestionnaires were distributed to general practitioners (GPs) and specialist palliative care (SPC) professionals in the Central Region of Denmark regarding 75 deceased patients with SMDs sampled from the Danish Palliative Care Database. Data, including fixed-response and free-text answers, were analysed using descriptive statistics, chi2-tests, and thematic qualitative analysis.ResultsOf 162 questionnaires, 123 were completed (76% response rate). Most trajectories were rated as good or very good quality. Free-text analysis generated three themes: Collaboration and timing, Communication and relations, and Complexity.ConclusionsPatients with SMDs generally receive high-quality palliative care, although some care pathways remain challenged regarding coordination, timing and communication around end-of-life decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228261486282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149009574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}