A Latent Class Analysis on Indicators of Prolonged Grief and Well-being among Dutch Adults Bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic ...

Variation exists in how people respond to the loss of a loved one. For most people, grief reactions will naturally decrease over time. Yet, approximately 10% of people bereaved by a natural cause (Lundorff et al., 2017) and 50% of the people bereaved by an unnatural cause (Djelantik et al., 2020) develops intense and disabling grief symptoms associated with significant distress interfering with daily functioning. These grief symptoms are referred to as prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in the DSM-5-TR (APA, 2022). PGD is characterized by persistent yearning/longing for the deceased, and preoccupa... Mehr ...