Effects of Satisfaction with Social Support on Complicated Grief in Bereaved Dementia Caregivers

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Background: While complicated grief can lead to adverse health outcomes, social support has been shown tobe an important protective factor of its negative effects. The present study investigated the relationship betweensocial support including satisfaction with support, received support, and negative interactions and complicatedgrief in the transitional context from caregiving to bereavement.
Methods: Bereaved caregivers (n=221) who participated in a multi-site study of dementia caregiving were assessedfor complicated grief. Social support measured before and after death were used to examine the longitudinalassociations among social support and complicated grief.
Results: We found that caregivers reporting greater increase in satisfaction with social support were likely to experiencelower levels of complicated grief, while the amount of received social support did not significantly impactcomplicated grief. Negative social interaction was significantly associated with the level of complicatedgrief after the death of the care recipient.
Conclusions: The relationship between social support and complicated grief suggests that satisfaction with socialsupport may be associated with lower levels of complicated grief. Study findings point to the importance ofthe type of social support for reducing the level of complicated grief.

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