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Predictors of complicated grief after a natural disaster. A population study two years after the 2004 South-East Asian Tsunami
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Forskerne Pål Kristensen, Lars Weisæth og Trond Heir, NKVTS, presenterer resultater i tidsskriftet Death Studies, fra en studie om risikofaktorer for langvarig og komplisert sorg etter tap av pårørende i en naturkatastrofe,
AbstractThe authors examined predictors of complicated grief (CG) in Norwegians 2 years after bereavement in the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami. A cross-sectional postal survey retrospectively covering disaster experiences and assessing CG according to the Inventory of complicated grief yielded 130 respondents (35 directly disaster-exsposed and 95 not directely exposed), with 47,7% screening CG positive. They identified positive associations between CG and being female, losing a child or spouse, and time to death comfirmation, and negative associations with previous losses, being employd, and receiving social support. Direct axposure did not increase CG risk. Support services providers should be aware of this high prevalence of severe, persistent grief.
Kristensen, P., Wesæth, L. & Heir, T. (2010). Predictors of complicated grief after a natural disaster. A population study of two years after the 2004 South-East Asian Tsunami. Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies. Death studies, 34, 137-150.
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