Evaluating the Relationship Between Family Resilience and Grief-Related Symptoms: A Preliminary Analysis

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Death Studies

Volume

47

Issue

1

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Date

10-29-2021

First Page

10

Last Page

20

Abstract

Walsh’s Family Resilience Framework offers clinicians a comprehensive theoretical approach for supporting bereaved families. In this study, a total of 139 bereaved adults who lost a family member in the last 5 years were surveyed about their family’s resilience processes, their current outlook on life, and their current grief-related symptoms. The data from this sample were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural regression. Family resilience processes were negatively related to grief symptoms; however, this relationship was mediated by personal meaning. The results suggest that Walsh’s Family Resilience Framework may be an appropriate conceptual tool to assess family resilience in bereavement practice.

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