Table 1:

Bivariate Correlations between Study Variables

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	Age at loss	1
2	Time since loss	−.603**	1
3	Expectedness of lossa	.169	−.044	1
4	Opportunity to say goodbyea	.226*	−.164	.697**	1
5	Total number of memories reported	.027	−.128	.145	.175	1
6	Number of memories about dying days	.139	−.109	.328**	.403**	.289**	1
7	Frequency of thinking about the life	−.002	−.083	.030	.014	.142	.105	1
8	Frequency of thinking about dying days	.240*	−.358**	−.120	−.001	.240*	.021	.397**	1
9	Frequency of talking about the life	−.094	.007	.061	.015	.070	.034	.595**	.176	1
10	Frequency of talking about dying days	.104	−.171	.025	.009	.098	.039	.346**	.437**	.584**	1
11	Emotional valence: life memories	.222*	−.304**	.025	.174	.203*	.210*	.233*	.236*	.193	.180	1
12	Emotional valence: dying days memories	.071	−.011	.161	.242*	−.177	.069	.030	.132	.038	.178	.014

Note.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01.

^aHigher scores indicate more expectedness and a greater opportunity to say goodbye, respectively.