Grief and functional impairment following COVID-19 loss in a treatment-seeking sample: the mediating role of meaning

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of grief and psychological distress in community samples. We examined unique pandemic grief risk factors, dysfunctional grief, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, general psychiatric distress, disrupted meaning, and functional impairment in a treatment-seeking sample of people bereaved from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.

Citation:
Breen LJ, Lee SA, Mancini VO, Willis M, Neimeyer RA. Grief and functional impairment following COVID-19 loss in a treatment-seeking sample: the mediating role of meaning. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. 2022:1-12.

Keywords:
Bereavement; grief; meaning making; pandemic; functional impairment

Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of grief and psychological distress in community samples. We examined unique pandemic grief risk factors, dysfunctional grief, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, general psychiatric distress, disrupted meaning, and functional impairment in a treatment-seeking sample of people bereaved from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.