SCOTT AND WHITE GRIEF STUDY - AN EMPIRICAL-TEST OF PREDICTORS OF INTENSIFIED MOURNING

Phase 1 of the Scott & White Grief Study was a retrospective investiga tion of seven high-risk factors of intensified mourning treated as pre dictor variables in a regression analysis of the Grief Experience Inve ntory scores of 74 mourners. Three factors, age of decedent (younger), relationship quality (conflictual, ambivalent, or overly dependent), and mounter liability (history of mental health problems), were associ ated with greater grief misery. In addition to these positive findings , the authors discuss possible reasons why the other proposed factors were not predictive of grief affect scores in this sample.