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KMID : 0613620210410030075
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Health Social Welfare Review
2021 Volume.41 No. 3 p.75 ~ p.91
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Factors Affecting Complicated Grief of Those Who Experienced Bereavement
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Kim Hye-Jin
Song Hye-Won
Lee Yea-Jin
Song In-Han
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Abstract
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Sudden bereavement is known to increase the psychological distress of those left behind. Complicated grief is a set of symptoms of pathological mourning that persists after bereavement, and the risk of occurrence is high when experiencing sudden loss, such as suicide. In Korea, whose suicide rate is the highest among OECD countries, suicide survivors continue to occur, which raises concerns about complicated grief and their potential suicide risk. However, not much study has been conducted in Korea on complicated grief, and systematic analysis of influencing factors is lacking. Therefore, this study analyzed the data (N=1,068) of the 1st Wave of the Longitudinal Study of Suicide Survivors, using a nationwide stratified sampling method. An exploratory study was conducted on the factors affecting complicated grief. Higher complicated grief was associated with higher bereaved age, shorter time after death, higher level of interaction with the deceased, and higher emotional intimacy with the deceased. When the cause of death was suicide, it had a more significant effect on the complicated grief than other sudden and expected death.
Based on these findings, clinical interventions were suggested for people who experience difficulties after bereavement, including suicide in social relationships.
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KEYWORD
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Complicated Grief, Bereavement, Pathological Mourning, Suicide Survivor
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