| Demographics |
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| Age in years M (SD) |
45.18 (13.91) |
44.53 (11.88) |
47.37 (12.99) |
51.30 (12.18) |
| Gender N (%) female |
81 (72.3) |
30 (83.3) |
85 (81.7) |
20 (87.0) |
| Highest level of education N (%) |
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| No qualification |
2 (1.8) |
1 (2.8) |
3 (2.9) |
3 (13.0) |
| High school education |
34 (30.4) |
9 (25.0) |
37 (35.6) |
5 (21.7) |
| University degree |
43 (38.4) |
19 (52.8) |
41 (39.4) |
8 (34.8) |
| Postgraduate degree |
33 (29.5) |
7 (19.4) |
23 (22.1) |
7 (30.4) |
| Ethnicity N (%) White |
103 (92.0) |
35 (97.2) |
94 (90.4) |
22 (95.7) |
| Loss characteristics |
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| Months since loss at baseline M (SD) |
2.90 (2.07) |
2.53 (1.79) |
2.98 (2.01) |
3.61 (2.02) |
| Who died? N (%) |
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| Spouse/partner |
21 (18.8) |
14 (38.9) |
39 (37.5) |
9 (39.1) |
| Child |
2 (1.8) |
1 (2.8) |
13 (12.5) |
8 (34.8) |
| Sibling |
9 (56.3) |
2 (5.6) |
4 (3.8) |
1 (4.3) |
| Parent |
51 (45.5) |
15 (41.7) |
36 (34.6) |
3 (13.0) |
| Other relative |
25 (22.3) |
3 (8.3) |
9 (8.7) |
2 (8.7) |
| Close nonrelative |
4 (3.6) |
1 (2.8) |
3 (2.9) |
0 (.0) |
| Length of relationship (months) M (SD) |
431.97 (182.15) |
348.33 (197.67) |
382.64 (179.29) |
338.91 (208.80) |
| How did they die? N (%) |
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| Nonviolent |
104 (92.9) |
29 (80.6) |
97 (93.3) |
18 (78.3) |
| Violent (e.g. accident, homicide, suicide, drug overdose, and medical negligence) |
8 (7.1) |
7 (19.4) |
7 (6.7) |
5 (21.7) |
| Interpersonal individual differences |
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| Anxious attachment M (SD) |
19.13 (6.96) |
20.66 (7.63) |
22.30 (7.60) |
24.13 (10.14) |
| Avoidant attachment M (SD) |
16.50 (7.32) |
17.17 (8.05) |
20.46 (7.54) |
19.83 (6.47) |
| Independence from deceased M (SD) |
25.03 (4.30) |
21.17 (6.12) |
20.43 (6.17) |
18.65 (6.15) |
| Healthy dependency M (SD) |
35.33 (6.99) |
35.25 (6.24) |
30.97 (7.27) |
28.22 (7.09) |
| Cognitive predictors |
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| Memory characteristics M (SD) |
33.47 (17.84) |
66.12 (16.44) |
66.60 (18.71) |
78.56 (21.40) |
| Appraisals M (SD) |
78.80 (27.80) |
115.17 (39.19) |
136.49 (38.94) |
167.65 (42.91) |
| Coping strategies M (SD) |
40.83 (10.43) |
57.33 (15.44) |
60.00 (16.97) |
75.08 (19.08) |
| Grief resilience M (SD) |
37.60 (6.79) |
33.00 (8.86) |
32.66 (8.67) |
26.39 (8.32) |
