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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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