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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

Relationship Between Insecure Attachment and Prolonged Grief of Adults Who Have Bereaved: Mediating Effect of Deliberate Grief Avoidance

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2020, v.25 no.3, pp.467-484
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2020.25.3.002




Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine if the relationship between insecure attachment (anxiety/avoidance attachment) and prolonged grief (PG) is mediated by deliberate grief avoidance (GA). Participants in this study (1,200 adults) completed an online survey measuring demographic information, insecure attachment, GA, and PG. We only used data of 576 participants who experienced bereavement. The analysis procedure is as follow: First, descriptive statistics and correlation were conducted. Second, the measurement model was verified through a confirmatory factor analysis. Third, the structural equation model analysis was used to verify the model fit indices and the structural relationship between the variables. Finally, through the bootstrapping process the statistical significance of the mediation effect was verified. The results showed that the effect of anxiety attachment on GA and the effect of GA on PG was statistically significant, as well as that GA mediated the link between anxiety attachment and PG. Finally, the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

keywords
사별, 성인, 애도회피, 지속비애, 불안애착, 회피애착, bereavement, adult, deliberate grief avoidance, prolonged grief, anxiety attachment, avoidance attachment

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