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The experience of bereavement is associated with emotional, physical, and spiritual distress. Much attention has been directed toward identifying demographic and social-support factors that affect response to loss. In contrast, little is known about the role of cognitive-behavioral coping strategies in bereavement adjustment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of differential use of five cognitive-behavioral strategies on adjustment to bereavement: (a) attribution of personal maning to loss, (b) differentiation of grief resolution from devaluing the deceased loved one, (c) modulation of response to loss with other life activities, (d) identafication of predominant themes of distress, and (e) engagement in health-prmotion practices. It was hypothesized that the use of these strategies would significantly predict postmorbid adjustment over and above that predicted by demographic factors and/or social support. Measures designed to assess each variable were administered to 164 widows, 5 to 11 months following the loss of their husbands. All hypotheses were corroborated by the findings.
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