Figure 1.

Conceptual diagram of the mediation hypotheses tested in this study. The relationship between violent loss and each theme of meaning made is represented by parameter a, the relationship between each meaning theme and PGD symptoms is represented by parameter b. The overall indirect effect is the product of the coefficient for a and the coefficient for b and is indicated by the notation ab throughout the results section. The direct effect of violent loss on PGD symptoms is represented by the path coefficient for parameter c’.