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Meaning reconstruction in bereavement: Development of a research program

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Gali Elinger, Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon, Yael Bar-Shachar & Tuvia Peri. (2023) Narrative reconstruction therapy for prolonged grief disorder: Basic interventions and mechanisms of change. Death Studies 47:10, pages 1082-1093.
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M. J. M. Vieveen, B. Yildiz, I. J. Korfage, F. E. Witkamp, Y. N. Becqué, L. G. G. van Lent, H. R. Pasman, M. S. Zee, B. D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, A. van der Heide & A. Goossensen. (2023) Meaning-making following loss among bereaved spouses during the COVID-19 pandemic (the CO-LIVE study). Death Studies 0:0, pages 1-9.
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Jennifer L. Buckle & Sonya Corbin Dwyer. (2023) Embodied meaning making: Memorial tattoos as a visual expression of grief. Death Studies 47:1, pages 1-9.
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Nancy E. Thacker & Antonio Duran. (2022) Operationalizing intersectionality as a framework in qualitative grief research. Death Studies 46:5, pages 1128-1138.
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Lauren J. Breen, Vincent O. Mancini, Sherman A. Lee, Emily A. Pappalardo & Robert A. Neimeyer. (2022) Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning. Death Studies 46:1, pages 43-52.
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Sherman A. Lee & Robert A. Neimeyer. (2022) Pandemic Grief Scale: A screening tool for dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 loss. Death Studies 46:1, pages 14-24.
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Evgenia Milman, Sherman A. Lee & Robert A. Neimeyer. (2022) Social isolation and the mitigation of coronavirus anxiety: The mediating role of meaning. Death Studies 46:1, pages 1-13.
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NaYeon Yang & Sang Min Lee. (2022) The development and validation of the Meaning Making in Grief Scale. Death Studies 46:1, pages 178-188.
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Elizabeth A. Beasley, Theresa L. Scott & Nancy A. Pachana. (2022) Making Meaning of Integrated Care during a Pandemic: Learning from Older Adults. Clinical Gerontologist 45:1, pages 172-188.
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Carolyn Ng. (2021) Meaning-oriented narrative reconstruction: navigating the complexities of bereaved families. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 49:6, pages 804-813.
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Robert A. Neimeyer, Shani Pitcho-Prelorentzos & Michal Mahat-Shamir. (2021) “If only…”: Counterfactual  thinking in bereavement. Death Studies 45:9, pages 692-701.
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Kristine Berg Titlestad, Sari Kaarina Lindeman, Hans Lund & Kari Dyregrov. (2021) How do family members experience drug death bereavement? A systematic review of the literature. Death Studies 45:7, pages 508-521.
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Rebecca J. Milner & Lennis G. Echterling. (2021) Co-Constructing Meaning in the Time of Coronavirus. Journal of Constructivist Psychology 34:3, pages 295-308.
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