References
- Alves, D., Mendes, I., Gonçalves, M. M., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2012). Innovative moments in grief therapy: Reconstructing meaning following perinatal death. Death Studies, 36(9), 795–818. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2011.608291
- American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Publishing. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
- Bellet, B. W., Holland, J. M., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2019). The Social Meaning in Life Events Scale (SMILES): A preliminary psychometric evaluation in a bereaved sample. Death Studies, 43(2), 103–112. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2018.1456008
- Bentler, P. M. (1990). Comparative fit indexes in structural models. Psychological Bulletin, 107(2), 238–246. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.107.2.238
- Bottomley, J. S., Burke, L. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2017). Domains of social support that predict bereavement distress following homicide loss. Omega, 75(1), 3–25. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222815612282
- Bottomley, J. S., Smigelsky, M. A., Bellet, B. W., Flynn, L., Price, J., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2019). Distinguishing the meaning making processes of survivors of suicide loss: An expansion of the meaning of loss codebook. Death Studies, 43(2), 92–102. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2018.1456011
- Boulware, D. L., & Bui, N. H. (2016). Bereaved African American adults: The role of social support, religious coping, and continuing bonds. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21(3), 192–202. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2015.1057455
- Breen, L. J., & O'Connor, M. (2010). Acts of resistance: Breaking the silence of grief following traffic crash fatalities. Death Studies, 34(1), 30–53. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180903372384
- Browne, M. W. (1990). MUTMUM PC: User’s guide. Department of Psychology, Ohio State University.
- Burke, L. A., Neimeyer, R. A., & McDevitt-Murphy, M. E. (2010). African American homicide bereavement: Aspects of social support that predict complicated grief, PTSD, and depression. Omega, 61(1), 1–24. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2190/OM.61.1.a
- Burke, L. A., Neimeyer, R. A., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Ippolito, M. R., & Roberts, J. M. (2011). Faith in the wake of homicide: Religious coping and bereavement distress in an African American sample. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21(4), 289–307. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.607416
- Burke, L. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2012). Spirituality and Health: Meaning making in bereavement. In M. Cobb, C. Puchalski, & B. Rumbold (Eds.), The textbook on spirituality in healthcare (pp. 127–133). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199571390.003.0019
- Burke, L. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2014). Spiritual distress in bereavement: Evaluation of a research program. Religions, 5(4), 1087–1115. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/rel5041087
- Cheung, G. W., & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 9(2), 233–255. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1207/S15328007SEM0902_5
- Coleman, R. A., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2010). Measuring meaning: Searching for and making sense of spousal loss in late-life. Death Studies, 34(9), 804–834. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481181003761625
- Currier, J., Holland, J. M., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Sense-making, grief, and the experience of violent loss: Toward a mediational model. Death Studies, 30(5), 403–428. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180600614351
- Currier, J., Holland, J. M., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). Making sense of loss: A content analysis of end-of-life practitioners' therapeutic approaches. Omega, 57(2), 121–141. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2190/OM.57.2.a
- Currier, J. M., Kim, S. H., Sandy, C., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2012). The factor structure of the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale: Exploring the role of theistic and nontheistic approaches at the end of life. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 4(2), 108–122. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/a002771
- Currier, J. M., Mallot, J., Martinez, T. E., Sandy, C., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2013). Bereavement, religion, and posttraumatic growth: A matched control group investigation. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5(2), 69–77. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027708
- Currier, J. M., Irish, J. E., Neimeyer, R. A., & Foster, J. D. (2015). Attachment, continuing bonds, and complicated grief following violent loss: Testing a moderated model. Death Studies, 39(1–5), 201–210. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.975869
- Ellison, C. G., & Fan, D. (2008). Daily spiritual experiences and psychological well-being among US adults. Social Indicators Research, 88(2), 247–271. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-007-9187-2
- Gerrish, N. J., Steed, L. G., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2010). Meaning reconstruction in bereaved mothers: A pilot study using the biographical grid method. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 23(2), 118–142. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10720530903563215
- Gillies, J., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Loss, grief, and the search for significance: Toward a model of meaning reconstruction in bereavement. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 19(1), 31–65. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10720530500311182 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10720530500311182
- Gillies, J. M., Neimeyer, R. A., & Milman, E. (2015). The Grief and Meaning Reconstruction Inventory (GMRI): Initial validation of a new measure. Death Studies, 39(1-5), 61–74. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.907089
- Holloway, M. (2006). Death the great leveller? Towards a transcultural spirituality of dying and bereavement. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15(7), 833–839. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01662.x
- Keesee, N. J., Currier, J. M., & Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). Predictors of grief following the death of one's child: The contribution of finding meaning. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(10), 1145–1163. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20502
- Klass, D., Silverman, P. R., & Nickman, S. L. (1996). Continuing bonds: New understandings of grief. In Series in death education, aging, and health care. Continuing bonds: New understandings of grief. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315800790
- Krysinska, K., Andriessen, K., & Corveleyn, J. (2014). Religion and spirituality in online suicide bereavement: An analysis of online memorials. Crisis, 35(5), 349–356. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000270
- Lichtenthal, W. G., Currier, J. M., Neimeyer, R. A., & Keesee, N. J. (2010). Sense and significance: A mixed methods examination of meaning making after the loss of one's child. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66(7), 791–812. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20700
- Menzies, R. E., Neimeyer, R. A., & Menzies, R. G. (2020). Death anxiety, loss, and grief in the time of COVID-19. Behaviour Change, 37(3), 111–115. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/bec.2020.10
- Michael, S. T., Crowther, M. R., Schmid, B., & Allen, R. S. (2003). Widowhood and spirituality: Coping responses to bereavement. Journal of Women & Aging, 15(2–3), 145–165. discussion 185–187. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1300/J074v15n02_09
- Milman, E., Neimeyer, R. A., Fitzpatrick, M., MacKinnon, C. J., Muis, K. R., & Cohen, S. R. (2019). Prolonged grief and the disruption of meaning: Establishing a mediation model. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 66(6), 714–725. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000370
- Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Searching for the meaning of meaning: Grief therapy and the process of reconstruction. Death Studies, 24(6), 541–558. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180050121480
- Neimeyer, R. A. (2004). Constructions of death and loss: Evolution of a research program. Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 1, 8–20. http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp04/neimeyer04.pdf).
- Neimeyer, R. A., & Currier, J. M. (2009). Grief therapy: Evidence of efficacy and emerging directions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(6), 352–356. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01666.x
- Neimeyer, R. A. (2011). Reconstruing meaning in bereavement. Psychiatry Journal/Rivista di Psichiatria, 46(5–6), 322–326. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1708/1009.10982
- Neimeyer, R. A., & Burke, L. A. (2014). Loss, grief and spiritual struggle: The quest for meaning in bereavement. Religion Brain & Behavior, 5(2), 14–21. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2014.891253
- Neimeyer, R. A. (2016). Meaning reconstruction in the wake of loss: Evolution of a research program. Behaviour Change, 33(2), 65–79. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/bec.2016.4
- Neimeyer, R. A., & Burke, L. A. (2017). Spiritual distress and depression in bereavement: A meaning-oriented contribution. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 35(1), 38–59. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-017-0262-6
- Neimeyer, R. A. (2019). Meaning reconstruction in bereavement: Development of a research program. Death Studies, 43(2), 79–91. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2018.1456620
- Rosseel, Y. (2012). Lavaan: An R package for structural equation modeling and more Version 0.5-12 (BETA). Journal of Statistical Software, 48(2), 1–36. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v048.i02
- Scholtes, D., & Browne, M. (2015). Internalized and externalized continuing bonds in bereaved parents: Their relationship with grief intensity and personal growth. Death Studies, 39(1–5), 75–83. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.890680
- Solomon, S., Testoni, I., & Bianco, S. (2017). Clash of civilizations? Terror Management Theory and the role of the ontological representations of death in contemporary global crisis. TPM Testing Psychometric Methodolo-gy in Applied Psychology, 24(3), 379–398. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM24.3.5
- Stroebe, W., Zech, E., Stroebe, M. S., & Abakoumkin, G. (2005). Does social support help in bereavement? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24(7), 1030–1050. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2005.24.7.1030
- Testoni, I., Falletti, S., Visintin, E. P., Ronconi, L., & Zamperini, A. (2016). Il volontariato nelle cure palliative: Religiosità, rappresentazioni esplicite della morte e implicite di Dio tra deumanizzazione e burnout [Voluntee-ring in palliative care: Religiosity, explicit representations of death and implicit representations of God between dehumanization and burnout]. Psicologia Della Salute, 2016(2), 27–42. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3280/PDS2016-002002
- Testoni, I., Parise, G., Visintin, E. P., Zamperini, A., & Ronconi, L. (2016). Literary plastination: From body's objectification to the ontological representation of death, differences between sick-literature and tales by amateur writers. TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 23(2), 247–263. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM23.2.8
- Testoni, I., Visintin, E. P., Capozza, D., Carlucci, M. C., & Shams, M. (2016). The implicit image of God: God as reality and psychological well-being. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55(1), 174–184. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12252
- Testoni, I., Sansonetto, G., Ronconi, L., Rodelli, M., Baracco, G., & Grassi, L. (2018). Meaning of life, representation of death, and their association with psychological distress. Palliative & Supportive Care, 16(5), 511–519. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951517000669
- Testoni, I., Bisceglie, D., Ronconi, L., Pergher, V., & Facco, E. (2018). Ambivalent trust and ontological repre-sentations of death as latent factors of religiosity. Cogent Psychology, 5(1), 1429349. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1429349
- Testoni, I., Russotto, S., Zamperini, A., & De Leo, D. (2018). Addiction and religiosity in facing suicide: A qualitative study on meaning of life and death among homeless people. Mental Illness, 10(1), 7420–7424. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4081/mi.2018.7420
- Testoni, I., Pesci, S., De Vincenzo, C., Dal Corso, L., & Zamperini, A. (2019). Work and spirituality among people with Asperger syndrome: An exploratory study. Journal of Disability & Religion, 23(2), 178–196. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2019.1580174
- Thurston Dyer, J. E., & Bryce Hagedorn, W. (2013). Navigating bereavement with spirituality-based interventions: Implications for non-faith-based counselors. Counseling and Values, 58(1), 69–84. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-007X.2013.00026.x
- World Health Organization. (2018). ICD-11 beta draft website. https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en
- Wortmann, J. H., & Park, C. L. (2008). Religion and spirituality in adjustment following bereavement: An integrative review. Death Studies, 32(8), 703–736. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180802289507
- Wortmann, J. H., & Park, C. L. (2009). Religion/spirituality and change in meaning after bereavement: Qualitative evidence for the meaning making model. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 14(1), 17–34. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15325020802173876