The Adolescent Grief Inventory: Development of a novel grief measurement

About half of adolescents experience the death of a significant other such as a family member or a friend over a year (Rheingold et al., 2004), and most adolescents lose a relative or friend before adulthood (Harrison and Harrington, 2001). Experiencing a death potentially affects the bereaved adolescent's short- and long-term quality of life (Balk, 2014; Stroebe et al., 2008). Due to biopsychosocial changes in the transition from childhood to adulthood, bereaved adolescents in particular have increased risks of problems related to physical, and mental health and social functioning (Feigelman et al., 2017).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - July 15, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Karl Andriessen, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Brian Draper, Michael Dudley, Philip B. Mitchell Source Type: research