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They still grieve: a nationwide follow‐up of young adults 2–9 years after losing a sibling to cancer
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Institute of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Oncology and Pathology, Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6133-8975
Department of Oncology, Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Oncology and Pathology, Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Oncology and Pathology, Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden.
2014 (English)In: Psycho-Oncology, ISSN 1057-9249, E-ISSN 1099-1611, Vol. 23, no 6, p. 658-664Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of unresolved grief in bereaved young adult siblings and examine possible contributing factors.

Methods: The study was a Swedish population-based study of young adults who had lost a brother or sister to cancer, 2-9 years earlier. Of 240 eligible siblings, 174 (73%) completed a study-specific questionnaire. This study focused on whether the respondents had worked through their grief over the sibling's death and to what extent.

Results: A majority (54%) of siblings stated that they had worked through their grief either 'not at all' or 'to some extent' at the time of investigation. In multiple regression analyses with unresolved grief as the dependent variable, 21% of the variance was explained by lack of social support and shorter time since loss.

Conclusion: The majority of bereaved young adults had not worked through their grief over the sibling's death. A small group of siblings reported that they had not worked through their grief at all, which may be an indicator of prolonged grief. Lack of social support and more recent loss were associated with not having worked through the grief over the sibling's death. Keywords:  bereavement; cancer; grief; oncology; sibling loss; young adult loss.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2014. Vol. 23, no 6, p. 658-664
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cancer, oncology, bereavement, grief, sibling loss, young adult loss
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Cancer and Oncology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-90752DOI: 10.1002/pon.3463ISI: 000337532400007PubMedID: 24347401Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84902121186OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-90752DiVA, id: diva2:1540036
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Swedish Childhood Cancer FoundationSwedish Research CouncilSwedish Cancer SocietyThe Karolinska Institutet's Research Foundation
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Sophiahemmet University College 

Available from: 2021-03-26 Created: 2021-03-26 Last updated: 2021-11-30Bibliographically approved

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