TY - JOUR JF - ijpcp JO - IJPCP VL - 20 IS - 4 PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/2/01 TI - The Severity of Grief Reactions Following Death of First-Grade Relatives TT - شدت واکنش‌های سوگ ناشی از فوت خویشاوندان درجه یک N2 - Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Objectives: The goal of present study was to compare the grief reactions following first-grade relatives’ death (child, spouse, parents, sister and brother) and to examine their reactions with anticipated/unanticipated death of the ceased person. Method: From those who were grived following death of a first-grade relative 180 persons (77 males and 103 females) were selected purposefully. The participants were asked to fill the Grief Experience Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results: The difference between the effect of anticipated compared with unanticipated grief considering search for explanation (p SP - 363 EP - 371 AU - Esmaeilpour, Khalil AU - Bakhshalizadeh Moradi, Shahnaz AD - Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, IR. Fax: +9844 -33356009 KW - grief KW - bereavement KW - grief reactions KW - death of relatives UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2304-en.html ER -