Five-factor model in bereaved adults with and without complicated grief |
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| Authors: | Elizabeth Goetter Eric Bui Arielle Horenstein Amanda W. Baker Susanne Hoeppner Meredith Charney |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;3. Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Knowledge about what psychological characteristics underlie complicated grief (CG) is limited. The current study examined the five-factor personality traits in 81 bereaved adults with (n?=?51) and without (n?=?30) CG. A trained doctoral-level clinician evaluated participants using a structured, diagnostic psychiatric interview, and they completed self-report measures of grief and personality. A multiple regression model indicated that higher levels of neuroticism were associated with greater CG symptom severity, implicating neuroticism in the development of CG. Future prospective studies confirming it as a risk factor for the development of CG are warranted. |
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