Disenfranchised Victims of the Opioid Epidemic: Predicting Grief and Growth after an Opioid-Related Loss

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Brien, Karen Men_US
dc.contributor.authorHill, Erin McKendryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T05:47:47Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T05:47:47Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractOver 75,000 people died from opioid drug overdoses between April of 2020 to April of 2021, compared to 46,000 deaths in 2018 (CDC, 2021; Wilson et al., 2020). Left behind are family members, significant others and friends struggling with grief as opioid-related losses are highly stigmatized and disenfranchised. Theoretically informed by the model of resilience (Mancini & Bonanno, 2009), as well as the transactional model of stress, appraisal and coping (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), this study examined the role of disenfranchised grief, social support, and coping in prolonged grief and posttraumatic growth among a sample (n = 159) of people bereaved by the loss of a family member, romantic partner or friend due to an opioid-related death. Together, disenfranchised grief, social support, and coping predicted 43% of the variance in prolonged grief and 36.6% of the variance in posttraumatic growth. Specifically active emotional coping predicted unique variance in both outcomes. Findings from this study have important implications for research and clinical practice to improve grief outcomes for this unique yet extensive population.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/g7i9-muk9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29401
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCounseling psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBereavementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCopingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGriefen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOpioid-related deathen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPost-traumatic Growthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledProlonged Griefen_US
dc.titleDisenfranchised Victims of the Opioid Epidemic: Predicting Grief and Growth after an Opioid-Related Lossen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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