OmegaPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2022-09-06DOI: 10.1177/00302228221121494
Carl B Becker, Yozo Taniyama, Noriko Sasaki, Megumi Kondo-Arita, Shinya Yamada, Kayoko Yamamoto
{"title":"Evaluations of Funerals and Health Trajectories in the Second Year After Bereavement-The Ongoing Japan National Survey.","authors":"Carl B Becker, Yozo Taniyama, Noriko Sasaki, Megumi Kondo-Arita, Shinya Yamada, Kayoko Yamamoto","doi":"10.1177/00302228221121494","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221121494","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our nationwide postal survey analyzing 190 responses from Japanese bereaved who had responded a year earlier found that funeral dissatisfaction <b><i>rose</i></b> during the second year after the funeral. Controverting previous research advocating participation in funeral planning, elderly bereaved spouses forced to decide about and/or pay for the funeral showed elevated grief as much as 2 years later. While not reaching levels diagnosed as prolonged, traumatic, or complicated grief, nevertheless one out of three of our bereaved sample showed continuing daily symptoms of grief from 14 to 24 months after their bereavement, with continued or increasing use of tranquillizers or antidepressants. The medical and pharmaceutical costs incurred by mourners more than a year after bereavement warrant further research into what factors improve or exacerbate the health of grieving bereaved, not limited to a single year after the bereavement.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1313-1324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40352814","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2022-07-19DOI: 10.1177/00302228221116515
Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Alexandra Salinas, Micaela Jiménez-Borja, Daniel Gavilanes-Gómez, Carlos José Jiménez-Mosquera
{"title":"Factorial Validity, Reliability, Measurement Invariance and the Graded Response Model for the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale in a Sample of Ecuadorians.","authors":"Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Alexandra Salinas, Micaela Jiménez-Borja, Daniel Gavilanes-Gómez, Carlos José Jiménez-Mosquera","doi":"10.1177/00302228221116515","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221116515","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aims of the research are to evaluate the factorial validity, internal consistency, measurement invariance, discrimination, and difficulty of the Covid-19 Anxiety Scale (CAS) applied to a sample of Ecuadorian adults (<i>N</i> = 451). The study is based on an instrumental design with Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) technics. The results confirmed the validity of the CAS single-factor structure, with measurement invariance across gender and high internal consistency. Additionally, all CAS items displayed adequate discrimination indexes and proper ordering of the difficulty thresholds. In a conclusion, the CAS is a valid measurement scale for Ecuadorian adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1078-1093"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9297068/pdf/10.1177_00302228221116515.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40615495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1177/00302228251315294
Keturah J Platt, Heather Marshall, Patrick Artur Bogusz, Leonard A Jason, Jocelyn Smith Carter, Kathryn E Grant
{"title":"Life After the Storm: An Examination of Bereavement and Posttraumatic Growth Among Urban Adolescents.","authors":"Keturah J Platt, Heather Marshall, Patrick Artur Bogusz, Leonard A Jason, Jocelyn Smith Carter, Kathryn E Grant","doi":"10.1177/00302228251315294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251315294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the challenges of bereavement among adolescents are well-documented, there is potential for loss to foster growth, development, and positive psychological changes during this developmental period. To examine this possibility, 408 adolescents (46.6% male; 53.4% female) in grades 6-12 from three urban schools were surveyed about their experiences with bereavement and posttraumatic growth (PTG), along with several hypothesized moderators: type of loss, relationship with the deceased, active and ruminative coping, and social support. Seventy-six percent of the participants reported signs of PTG. Hierarchical linear regression analyses revealed significant main effects for bereavement, active coping, and social support on PTG, but found no evidence of moderation for any variables. The findings are discussed in the context of systemic racism and cultural strengths, with directions for future research provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228251315294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069671","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 : 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1177/00302228251317371
Sara Raby, Joel R Anderson
{"title":"\"Is This the Family Path?\": Understanding the Lived Experience of Motherhood for Women Who Have Lost Their Own Mother to Suicide.","authors":"Sara Raby, Joel R Anderson","doi":"10.1177/00302228251317371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251317371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For daughters who have lost their mother to suicide, resurgences of grief may occur, triggered by anniversaries, family occasions, and by entering motherhood. When these women become mothers, they must adjust to the joys and stressors of motherhood, without the emotional and practical support that a maternal grandmother would often provide. This study provides an in-depth qualitative exploration of the experiences of women who have experienced their own mother suicide. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of five mothers who have experienced their mother suicide. Data were collected and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Analysis revealed five group experiential themes: <i>lacking a guiding maternal figure, navigating identity and expectations, carrying the legacy of maternal suicide, motherhood as healing,</i> and <i>the trajectory:is this the family path?</i>. This study identifies key challenges and specific needs of mothers who have experienced their mother suicide.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228251317371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076406","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 : 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1177/00302228251317555
Xin-Zhe Xie
{"title":"Degrees of Death: The Hierarchy of Capital Punishments Between Strangulation and Decapitation in Qing China.","authors":"Xin-Zhe Xie","doi":"10.1177/00302228251317555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251317555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article unravels the classification of individuals which operated through the dualism between two execution methods, strangulation and decapitation, during the Qing dynasty. The fundamental difference lay in whether the method of execution preserved the integrity of the corpse. As this factor entailed important moral and metaphysical consequences, there is an uncrossable boundary between the two situations. The confidentiality surrounding the sentence to be carried out was an effort to maintain this boundary, and crossing it, as happened in some cases examined by this paper, was considered a serious breach of justice. Did such a classification mechanism imply a hierarchical relationship between strangulation and decapitation as punishments? The article goes on to address this question, showing that an affirmative answer is as well supported by historical sources as a negative one, and it attempts to reconcile this apparent contradiction.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228251317555"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143054490","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 : 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1177/00302228251315016
Ezgi Yarasir, Mehtap Gomleksiz, Muhammet Ridvan Gomleksiz, Ayhan Dogukan
{"title":"Assessment of Organ Donation Knowledge and Attitudes Among Patients Visiting the Nephrology Outpatient Clinic at a Tertiary Healthcare Facility.","authors":"Ezgi Yarasir, Mehtap Gomleksiz, Muhammet Ridvan Gomleksiz, Ayhan Dogukan","doi":"10.1177/00302228251315016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251315016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to assess the knowledge levels, attitudes, and influencing factors related to organ donation among patients who visited the Nephrology outpatient clinic. This descriptive and cross-sectional research had 269 participants. Research data were collected utilizing a three-part questionnaire. The first part of the questionnaire comprised the Sociodemographic Information Form, the second part evaluated knowledge about organ donation, and the final section included the Organ Donation Attitude Scale. The mean age of the participants was 43.7 ± 17.1 years, and 55.8% of them were women. A total of 37.5% of the participants stated that they were considering organ donation. Participants with a high school education or higher, those who believed they had sufficient knowledge about organ donation, and those who had a family member awaiting organ transplantation demonstrated a positive attitude toward organ donation (<i>p</i> < .05). Understanding societal knowledge and attitudes about organ donation is crucial for assessing individual awareness of this issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228251315016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143043697","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 : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1177/00302228251315502
Nicci Bartley, Luna Rodriguez Grieve, Claire Cooper, Laura Kirsten, Cindy Wilson, Betsy Sajish, Joanne Shaw
{"title":"A Systematic Review of International Bereavement Models of Care and Implementation Barriers and Facilitators.","authors":"Nicci Bartley, Luna Rodriguez Grieve, Claire Cooper, Laura Kirsten, Cindy Wilson, Betsy Sajish, Joanne Shaw","doi":"10.1177/00302228251315502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251315502","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bereavement care can facilitate adjustment to death and reduce immediate distress and long-term morbidity, mortality and health service utilisation. This systematic review aimed to identify international models of bereavement care, and barriers and facilitators to implementing such models. A systematic search of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and PsycINFO identified 64 studies for inclusion. The most common forms of bereavement support were bereavement packs, memory-making activities, condolence cards, memorial services, and follow-up contact. Only 14 models included a formal assessment of complex grief, and 17 studies considered culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Barriers included lack of institutional/financial support, staff discomfort delivering care, lack of dedicated staffing, and difficulty collecting/maintaining information. Facilitators were adequate funding/infrastructure, formal protocols/procedures, dedicated staffing, and staff training and support. Future research should address bereavement models of care in settings beyond palliative care, considering culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and should provide implementation data and strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228251315502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143017849","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 : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1177/00302228241312252
Margaret B Coolican, Charles A Corr
{"title":"The National Donor Family Council: History, Activities, Achievements, and Legacies.","authors":"Margaret B Coolican, Charles A Corr","doi":"10.1177/00302228241312252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241312252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The National Donor Family Council (NDFC) functioned under the sponsorship of the National Kidney Foundation from 1992-2014. Giving voice to the needs and views of donor families, the NDFC had an important impact on the support for those families. This article records significant points in the advocacy of donor families, summarizes the history of the NDFC, highlights the various activities and achievements of the NDFC, and offers some impressions of its legacies.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228241312252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143017852","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 : 2025-01-10DOI: 10.1177/00302228241312476
Ilyeong Jeong
{"title":"Earth to Ashes: Cultural Transformations in the Cremation Rites of Modern and Contemporary South Korea.","authors":"Ilyeong Jeong","doi":"10.1177/00302228241312476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241312476","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Under Japanese rule in 1912, cremation was legalized in Korea, marking a shift from a strictly prohibited practice to an accepted funeral option. Initially viewed as a Japanese custom, cremation gradually transformed into a \"civilized\" choice, a perspective pushed by Japanese colonial authorities and some Korean modernizers. However, this narrative overlooks the gradual acceptance of cremation among Koreans. In the post-war era, cremation saw renewed popularity, steadily increasing from the late 1990s, with rates surpassing 90% by 2021. This shift reflects the influence of capitalistic values, framing cremation as a practical option due to its efficiency, economic benefits. This paper examines the evolution of cremation in Korea and how it symbolizes changing attitudes toward death from the 20th century to today.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228241312476"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142962608","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 : 2025-01-10DOI: 10.1177/00302228251313828
Vali Bahrevar, Hamidreza Khankeh, Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad, Mahshid Foroughan, Vahid Rashedi
{"title":"The Grief of Older Parents Over the Loss of a Child: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Vali Bahrevar, Hamidreza Khankeh, Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad, Mahshid Foroughan, Vahid Rashedi","doi":"10.1177/00302228251313828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228251313828","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aging brings physical, psychological, and social changes, often accompanied by significant life events like the death of a loved one. One of the most devastating losses is the death of a child, which profoundly impacts older parents. This scoping review examines 47 studies on the effects of such grief, highlighting increased death anxiety, elevated mortality risk, psychological distress, and the role of social isolation in intensifying grief. Cultural factors, including stigma, further complicate the mourning process. The findings reveal that prolonged grief, social withdrawal, and declining health are common among bereaved older parents. These results underscore the urgent need for tailored interventions and support networks to mitigate the psychological and social consequences of this profound loss. Addressing this critical issue can improve the well-being of older parents, making it a vital area for further research and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"302228251313828"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967604","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}