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Complicated Grief and the Quest for Meaning: A Constructivist Contribution
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One of the more important results of the upwelling of research on bereavement in recent decades has been the development of criteria for complicated grief, a disorder whose coherence, correlates and consequences have been subjected to increasing scrutiny. In this article I argue that clinical, conceptual, and evidence-based considerations converge to support the further refinement of such criteria, with a special emphasis on their connection to the protracted and painful quest for meaning that characterizes a subset of the bereaved. As further research supports and extends these current efforts, there is reason to believe that an understanding of complicated grief can make a significant contribution to research, theory, and practice concerning adaptation in the wake of loss.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Neimeyer, R. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Memphis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Neimeyer, Robert A.
- ORCID
- Neimeyer, Robert A.
- Venue
- OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-02
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 37-52
- ISSN
- 0030-2228 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-3764
- OpenAlex
- W2028227904
- Cited by
- 109
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (publishedVersion)
- 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
- complicated grief, bereavement, meaning-making, constructivism, diagnostic criteria, grief, adaptation to loss, death and dying
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