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Complicated Grief in Palestinian Children and Adolescents
Ian G Barron*, Atle Dyregrov, Ghassan Abdallah and Divya Jindal-Snape
School of Education, Social Work and Community Education, Nethergate, University of Dundee, Dundee DDi 4HN, Scotland, UK
- *Corresponding Author:
- Ian G Barron
School of Education, Social Work and Community Education
Nethergate, University of Dundee, Dundee DDi 4HN
Scotland, UK
Tel: 44 (0) 1382 381400
E-mail: I.G.Z.Barron@dundee.ac.uk
Received Date: September 23, 2014; Accepted Date: June 08, 2015; Published Date: June 13, 2015
Citation: Barron IG, Dyregrov A, Abdallah G, Jindal-snape D (2015) Complicated Grief in Palestinian Children and Adolescents. J Child Adolesc Behav 3:213. doi:10.4172/2375-4494.1000213
Copyright: © 2015 Barron IG, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
This study aims to identify the traumatic losses and resultant complicated grief of adolescents in occupied Palestine. A secondary analysis was conducted on a data set from 133, 11-14 year olds who had completed the Exposure to War Stressors Questionnaire, the Children’s Revised Impact of Events Scale and the Traumatic Grief Inventory for Children (TGIC). For the first time, a statistically significant cut-off was applied to the TGIC. As a consequence, the co-morbidity of complicated grief was explored with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. Findings indicate adolescents in Nablus experienced multiple traumatic losses resulting in 20% experiencing complicated grief. Because of the strict statistical cut-off, indications are this may be an underestimate. Complicated grief presented as a distinct trauma response. Recommendations are made for future research and practice.
