. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 27.

Published in final edited form as: Illn Crises Loss. 2010;18(4):301–321. doi: 10.2190/il.18.4.b

Table 4.

Statistically Significant Associations Between Selected Socio-Demographic and Social Support Factors and Bereavement-Related Outcome Measures

	Bereavement Related Outcomes
	Grief	Depression	Loneliness	Stress-Related Growth	Coping Self Efficacy
Demographic Differences Between Sites
Educational Attainment
Race				M_white: 16.6^**
Race				M_nonwhite: 19.5
Religion
# of Weeks Bereaved
Relationship Length (in years)	−.18^***	−.26 ^***	−.19^***	.12^*	.11^*
Social Support Differences Between Sites
# of Relatives		−.14^*	−.18^**		.17^**
# of Friends		−.12^*	−.21 ^***		.12^*
Ease of Contact with Friends	−.16^**	−.30^**	−.40^**	.14^*	.33^**
Frequency of Contact with Friends		−.15^**	−.40^**		.17^**
Support Satisfaction from Friends	−.21^***	−.35^***	−.53^***	.14^*	.32^***

Notes: Bivariate correlation value presented in cell, unless otherwise designated by means.

p<.05

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001