Trajectories of grief, depression, and posttraumatic stress in disaster-bereaved people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous latent trajectory studies in adult bereaved people have identified individual differences in reactions postloss. However, prior findings may not reflect the complete picture of distress postloss, because they were focused on depression symptoms following nonviolent death. We examined trajectories of symptom-levels of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a disaster-bereaved sample. We also investigated associations among these trajectories and background and loss-related factors, psychological support, and previous mental health complaints.

Methods

Latent class growth modeling was used to identify distinct trajectories of PCBD, depression, and PTSD symptoms in people who lost loved ones in

SUBMITTER: Lenferink LIM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028032 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature