Resilience as a predictive factor towards a healthy adjustment to grief after the loss of a child to cancer

Hilde Kristin Vegsund, Trude Reinfjell, Unni Karin Moksnes, Alexandra Eilegård Wallin, Odin Hjemdal and Mary-Elizabeth Bradley Eilertsen

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Introduction: Grief among bereaved parents is known to cause psychological distress and physical illness, but knowledge concerning factors that can contribute to health promotion after bereavement is scarce. Childhood cancer remains the most common non-accidental cause of death among children in Norway. The aim of the present study was to explore if resilience factors among cancer-bereaved parents could predict whether they will be able to come to terms with their grief 2–8 years following the loss. Methods: A Norwegian cross-sectional national survey was conducted among 161 cancer-bereaved parents using a study-specific questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to explore whether resilience factors predicted parents’ grief outcome 2–8 years after their loss. Results: On the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA), three of the resilience factors contributed significantly in predicting whether the parents in the present study would come to terms with their grief 2–8 years after the loss their child: “Perception of self “(OR 2.08, p = .048), “Social resources” (OR 2.83, p = .008) and “Family cohesion” (OR .41, p = .025). The results showed a negative relationship between time since loss (2–6 years) and whether the parents answered that they had come to terms with their grief (p =

Date: 2019
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