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Rituals alleviate grieving for loved ones, lovers, and lotteries.
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Three experiments explored the impact of mourning rituals--after losses of loved ones, lovers, and lotteries--on mitigating grief. Participants who were directed to reflect on past rituals or who were assigned to complete novel rituals after experiencing losses reported lower levels of grief. Increased feelings of control after rituals mediated the link between use of rituals and reduced grief after losses, and the benefits of rituals accrued not only to individuals who professed a belief in rituals' effectiveness but also to those who did not. Although the specific rituals in which people engage after losses vary widely by culture and religion-and among our participants--our results suggest a common psychological mechanism underlying their effectiveness: regained feelings of control.
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“Finally, Norton and Gino (2014) demonstrated that individuals who performed rituals to manage their grief felt less sad, and more in control, than individuals who did not perform rituals.”
From The Psychology of Rituals: An Integrative Review and Process-Based Framework (2018) · cites this paper as Norton and Gino, 2014
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“Similarly, Norton and Gino (2014) found that engaging in ritual-labeled behaviors (compared with matched behaviors referred to as random actions) led participants to feel a greater sense of personal control after incurring a major loss.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Norton, M. I., & Gino, F.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- ORCID
- Norton, Michael I.
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 266-272
- ISSN
- 0096-3445 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2222
- OpenAlex
- W2129753587
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 5
- FWCI
- 11.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- nrs.harvard.edu
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Psychology General (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- mourning rituals, grief, loss, perceived control, bereavement, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Ceremonial Behavior, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Middle Aged
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