Table 2.

Correlations between independent, mediator, and outcome variables (N = 474)

	Worry	Loss‐related avoidance	Behavioural avoidance	Depression symptoms	Prolonged grief symptoms	M	SD
Rumination	.61*	.41*	.45*	.47*	.54*	8.95	3.11
Worry	—	.34*	.41*	.44*	.45*	20.3	8.25
Loss‐related avoidance		—	.50*	.39*	.55*	11.4	6.61
Behavioural avoidance			—	.82*	.75*	15.5	9.89
Depression symptoms				—	.77*	6.03	5.10
Prolonged grief symptoms					—	27.9	9.70

^* p < .001.