The association between one's social life and symptoms of prolonged grief following a traumatic loss: an ecological momentary assessment study.

ABSTRACT: Background: A strong social safety net may play a key role in protecting people from developing prolonged grief disorder (PGD) after a traumatic loss. This has mainly been investigated cross-sectionally, whereby people usually report on their social life and PGD reactions during the past month. However, retrospectively recalling experiences is prone to recall bias.Objective: As such, we investigated the associations between pleasantness of social interactions and PGD reactions in traumatically bereaved people using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA).Methods: People whose loved one died due to homicide, suicide, or accident at least 12 months earlier (N = 36, 78% women, M_age = 56, 47% met PGD criteria) received smartphone-based surveys five t

SUBMITTER: Specker P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314890 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature