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Effectiveness of grief therapy: A meta-analysis.

Allumbaugh, Denise Litterer, Hoyt, William T.·1999·Journal of Counseling Psychology

DOI 10.1037/0022-0167.46.3.370

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This meta-analysis addressed the question of how effective grief therapy is and for whom, using B. J. Becker's (1988) techniques for analyzing standardized mean-change scores. Analyses were based on 35 studies (N = 2,284), with a weighted mean effect size (ES) of Δ + = 0.43 (95% confidence interval = 0.33 to 0.52). Clients in no-treatment control groups showed little improvement (d + = 0.06), possibly because of the relatively long delay between loss and treatment in most studies (mean delay = 27 months). Moderators of treatment efficacy included time since loss and relationship to the deceased. Client selection procedures, a methodological factor not originally coded in this meta-analysis, appeared to contribute strongly to variability in ESs: A small number of studies involving self-selected clients produced relatively large ESs, whereas the majority of studies involving clients recruited by the investigators produced ESs in the small to moderate range.

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Authors: Allumbaugh, D. L., & Hoyt, W. T.
Affiliations: Iowa State University (US)
ORCID: Hoyt, William T.
Venue: Journal of Counseling Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1999-07
Volume: 46
Issue: 3
Pages: 370-380
ISSN: 0022-0167 (ISSN-L)
1939-2168
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.46.3.370
OpenAlex: W1982353942
Cited by: 185
References: 65
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 4.08
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Counseling Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
Keywords: grief therapy, bereavement, grief counseling, treatment effectiveness, standardized mean change, time since loss, client selection, treatment delay

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