Grief Rituals and Grief Reactions of Bereaved Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Simsek Arslan B., BULDUKOĞLU K.

OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING, cilt.87, sa.4, ss.1293-1307, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 87 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/00302228211037591
  • Dergi Adı: OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1293-1307
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: bereavement, mourning, funerals, ritual, COVID-19 pandemic, DEATH
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to examine the grief rituals and grief reactions of individuals who experienced the death of a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study included 114 participants. The majority of participants (81.6%) stated that the COVID-19 pandemic affected the grieving process. The participants who stated that the COVID-19 pandemic affected the grieving process showed more physiological grief reactions. The implementation of grief rituals did not affect the grief reactions (p > .05). It is recommended to conduct studies with individual in-depth interviews in order to determine the effects of grief rituals on the grieving process in the COVID-19 pandemic.