Abstract

Drug-death bereaved parents are at risk of high levels of prolonged grief (PG) symptoms. We included 93 Norwegian drug-death bereaved parents in a cross-sectional survey and aimed to explain PG symptoms. High levels of PG symptoms (M = 30.69) were identified. Low level of self-efficacy and withdrawal from others were the most strongly associated with high levels of grief symptoms (p < .001). However, contrary to our expectations, social support, gender, employment, demanding life situations, and perceived proximity did not correlate significantly to PG symptoms. Our findings can enhance individual follow-up of drug-death bereaved parents.

摘要

因药物死亡而失去亲人的父母面临高水平的长期悲伤 (PG) 症状的风险。我们在一项横断面调查中纳入了 93 名挪威因药物死亡而失去亲人的父母，旨在解释 PG 症状。鉴定出高水平的 PG 症状 (M = 30.69)。低水平的自我效能感和对他人的退缩与高水平的悲伤症状最密切相关（p  < .001）。然而，与我们的预期相反，社会支持、性别、就业、苛刻的生活环境和感知接近与 PG 症状没有显着相关性。我们的研究结果可以加强对药物死亡失去亲人的父母的个人随访。