Journal
DEATH STUDIES
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 437-450Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1648337
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- University College Lillebaelt
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The study found that young adults have a higher risk of mental health problems when experiencing the death of a divorced parent compared to a non-divorced parent, particularly in terms of prolonged grief, complicated grief, bodily distress syndrome, and alcohol misuse.
This cross-sectional survey compares the risk of mental health problems like poor well-being, complicated and prolonged grief, and mental disorders between young adults experiencing a divorced or non-divorced parent's death. 190 participants were recruited from Facebook via the Danish National Center for Grief. Well-being was measured using WHO-5, prolonged grief using PG-13 and complicated grief using BGQ, and common mental disorders using CMDQ. Findings confirmed deleterious effects on mental health in young adults experiencing parental death, but higher risk, when losing a divorced parent compared to a non-divorced parent, was associated to prolonged grief, complicated grief, bodily distress syndrome, and alcohol misuse.
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