Parental death in young adults with divorced compared to non-divorced parents: The effect on prolonged grief and mental health

Jette Marcussen; Lise Hounsgaard; Maja O’Connor; Sören Möller; Rhonda Wilson; Frode Thuen

doi:10.1080/07481187.2019.1648337

Parental death in young adults with divorced compared to non-divorced parents: The effect on prolonged grief and mental health

Jette Marcussen^*, Lise Hounsgaard, Maja O’Connor, Sören Möller, Rhonda Wilson, Frode Thuen

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Abstract

This cross-sectional survey compares the risk of mental health problems like poor well-being, complicated and prolonged grief, and mental disorders between young adults experiencing a divorced or non-divorced parent’s death. 190 participants were recruited from Facebook via the Danish National Center for Grief. Well-being was measured using WHO-5, prolonged grief using PG-13 and complicated grief using BGQ, and common mental disorders using CMDQ. Findings confirmed deleterious effects on mental health in young adults experiencing parental death, but higher risk, when losing a divorced parent compared to a non-divorced parent, was associated to prolonged grief, complicated grief, bodily distress syndrome, and alcohol misuse.

Original language	English
Journal	Death Studies
Volume	45
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	437-450
ISSN	0748-1187
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1648337
Publication status	Published - 2021

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1 Ph.D. thesis

Loss and Bereavement: A mental health perspective on children's and young adults' Double Bereavement of parental divorce and parental death
Marcussen, J., 2020, Syddansk Universitet. Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet. 238 p.
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1 Talks and presentations in private or public companies

Når unge mister en skilt forælder sammenlignet med ikke skilt forælder: Resultater fra survey
Marcussen, J. (Guest lecturer)
27. Sept 2019
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