Complicated Grief in Palestinian Children and Adolescents

Ian G. Barron; Atle  Dyregrov; Ghassan Abdallah; Divya Jindal-Snape

doi:10.4172/2375-4494.1000213

Complicated Grief in Palestinian Children and Adolescents

Ian G. Barron (Lead / Corresponding author)
, Atle Dyregrov
, Ghassan Abdallah
, Divya Jindal-Snape

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This study aims to identify the traumatic losses and resultant complicated grief of adolescents in occupied Palestine. A secondary analysis was conducted on a data set from 133, 11-14 year olds who had completed the Exposure to War Stressors Questionnaire, the Children’s Revised Impact of Events Scale and the Traumatic Grief Inventory for Children (TGIC). For the first time, a statistically significant cut-off was applied to the TGIC. As a consequence, the co-morbidity of complicated grief was explored with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. Findings indicate adolescents in Nablus experienced multiple traumatic losses resulting in 20% experiencing complicated grief. Because of the strict statistical cut-off, indications are this may be an underestimate. Complicated grief presented as a distinct trauma response. Recommendations are made for future research and practice.

Original language	English
Article number	213
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4172/2375-4494.1000213
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2015

Keywords

Traumatic loss
Complicated grief
Co-morbidity
Trauma

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