Psychological Flexibility and Resilience in Parentally Bereaved College Students

Murrell, Amy R.; Jackson, Ryeshia; Lester, Ethan G.; Hulsey, Teresa

doi:10.1177/0030222817693154

Cited by 25Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Psychological Flexibility and Resilience in Parentally Bereaved College Students

Murrell, Amy R., Jackson, Ryeshia, Lester, Ethan G., Hulsey, Teresa·2018·OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

DOI 10.1177/0030222817693154

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Losing a parent prior to age 18 years can have life-long implications. The challenges of emerging adulthood may be even more difficult for parentally bereaved college students, and studying their coping responses is crucial for designing campus services and therapy interventions. This study examined the relationships between bereavement-related distress, experiential avoidance (EA), values, and resilience. Findings indicated that EA and low importance of values were correlated with bereavement difficulties, with EA accounting for 26% of the variance in the bereavement distress measure. In addition, reports of behaving consistently with values accounted for 20% of the variance in the resiliency measure. Contrary to hypotheses and previous literature, there were no significant relationships between the measures of EA and values. The results, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.

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Authors: Murrell, A. R., Jackson, R., Lester, E. G., & Hulsey, T.
Affiliations: University of North Texas (US)
Corresponding author: Murrell, Amy R.
ORCID: Lester, Ethan G.
Venue: OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2017-02-15
Volume: 76
Issue: 3
Pages: 207-226
ISSN: 0030-2228 (ISSN-L)
1541-3764
DOI: 10.1177/0030222817693154
OpenAlex: W2588705996
Cited by: 25
References: 67
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2
FWCI: 1.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords: parental bereavement, university students, psychological flexibility, resilience, experiential avoidance, values, coping, emerging adulthood, university mental health services
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Attitude to Death, Bereavement, Female, Humans, Male, Parents, Students, Universities, Resilience, Psychological, Young Adult

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