Prolonged grief disorder symptoms in bereaved internally displaced Tiv persons in Nigeria: Associations with rumination, rebirth concerns and gender
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There is burgeoning research on prolonged grief disorder (PGD) among several vulnerable populations but PGD symptoms have been scarcely examined among bereaved internally displaced persons (IDPs). This study investigated the associations of rumination, rebirth concerns and gender with symptoms of PGD following conflict-related bereavement. Participants were 379 Nigerian IDPs who were of the Tiv ethnic group. They provided demographics and completed self-report measures grief and rumination, while concern about rebirth status of the deceased was assessed using a single item which requested participants to indicate whether they had any concerns about the re-incarnation of the deceased. Results showed that gender was not associated with PGD symptoms. High intrusive rumination and high deliberate rumination were associated with increased PGD symptoms in males and females. Rebirth concern was associated with high PGD symptoms in males but not in females. Findings highlight the need for socio-culturally-informed screening/intervention in the wake of conflict-related bereavement.
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Chukwuorji et al. (2018) demonstrated a small positive association between deliberate rumination and complicated grief symptoms in an African bereaved sample.
“Chukwuorji et al. (2018) demonstrated a small positive association between deliberate rumination (a process measure of meaning making) and CG symptoms in an African bereaved sample.”
From Emotion Regulatory Strategies in Complicated Grief: A Systematic Review (2021) · cites this paper as Chukwuorji et al. (2018)
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- Authors
- Chukwuorji, J. C., Ifeagwazi, C. M., & Eze, J. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Nigeria (NG)
- Corresponding author
- Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika
- Venue
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-07-03
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 549-563
- ISSN
- 1367-4676 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9737
- OpenAlex
- W2904736235
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Mental Health Religion & Culture (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Keywords
- prolonged grief disorder, bereavement, internally displaced persons, Tiv people, rumination, intrusive rumination, deliberate rumination, gender differences
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