From: Acute and long-term grief reactions and experiences in parentally cancer-bereaved teenagers
For the first half-year after your loss, would you agree with the statement (see phrasing in italics below): | Do not agree N (%) | Slightly agree N (%) | Moderately agree N (%) | Completely agree N (%) | Missing N1 |
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DID NOT HAVE AN OKAY WAY TO GRIEVE2 “I did not have a way to grieve that felt okay.” | 107/614 (17) | 158/614 (26) | 227/614 (37) | 122/614 (20) | 8 |
NUMBING AND POSTPONING “I clenched my teeth, built a wall around me and lived on as if nothing had happened.” | 117/616 (19) | 239/616 (39) | 148/616 (24) | 113/616 (18) | 6 |
CONCEALED GRIEF “I witheld my grief to protect my other parent.” | 266/615 (43) | 199/615 (32) | 97/615 (16) | 53/615 (9) | 7 |
OVERWHELMED BY GRIEF “The grief was so strong it felt as if I would not survive, as if I was going crazy or was not normal.” | 280/616 (45) | 186/616 (30) | 89/616 (14) | 61/616 (10) | 6 |
DISCOURAGED FROM GRIEVING “People stopped me from grieving by drawing away when I was sad or praising me when I was being strong.” | 349/613 (57) | 171/613 (28) | 60/613 (10) | 33/613 (5) | 9 |
PRESSURED TO GRIEVE “There was pressure from others that I should be more sad than I was showing.” | 328/616 (53) | 172/616 (28) | 78/616 (13) | 38/616 (6) | 6 |