dc.contributor.author	Clements, Jorden Anne
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-05T21:50:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-05T21:50:37Z
dc.date.issued	2014-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1895
dc.description.abstract	There is a need for more insight on the interplay between resilience and its effects on grief symptomatology. The relationship between resilience, hardiness, and grief symptomatology was explored in a convenient sample of bereaved individuals (n = 114). Participants were recruited via fliers distributed on social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, and to hospices and hospitals in the southeastern state of Georgia. The participants completed the Demographics Questionnaire, Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, Resilience Scale for Adults, and Lang and Goulet Hardiness Scale. Resilience and hardiness were both inversely correlated to past grief symptomatology; however, resilience and hardiness were both positively correlated with present grief symptomatology. Closeness, Adjustment since Death, Time since Death, Death Anniversary Grief, and Type of Death were other independent variables used to fully explore past and present grief symptomatology. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that a particular component of resilience, RSA Personal Strength/Perception of Future, and hardiness, LGHS Making Sense, were good predictors of grief symptomatology. Practical application of the results suggest the resilience skills training should be included in bereavement support groups in addition to emotional support.	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	I. INTRODUCTION - 1 II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE - 4 Bereavement Coping Styles - 7 Resilience - 10 Hardiness - 22 Purpose of Study - 23 III. MATERIALS AND METHODS - 25 Participants - 25 Instruments - 26 Procedure - 27 IV. RESULTS - 28 Correlation Analyses of Resilience and Grief - 29 Resilience and Past Grief Analyses - 32 Resilience and Present Grief Analyses - 34 V. DISCUSSION - 36 Resilience and Past Grief - 36 Resilience and Present Grief - 38 Implications - 39 Limitations and Future Research - 42 REFERENCES - 44 APPENDIX A: Institutional Review Board Approval - 50 APPENDIX B: Participant Recruitment Flier - 52	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Bereavement	en_US
dc.subject	Grief	en_US
dc.subject	Resilience	en_US
dc.subject	Hardiness	en_US
dc.subject	symptomatology	en_US
dc.title	The Relationship between Resilience and Grief Symptomatology	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Clinical – Counseling Psychology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Rainer, Jackson P.
dc.description.committee	Holliman, Diane Carol
dc.description.committee	Tost, Jeremy
dc.description.degree	M.S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Psychology	en_US