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Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Harrop, E., Medeiros Mirra, R., Goss, S., Longo, M., Byrne, A., Farnell, D. J. J., …Selman, L. E. (in press). Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 1215881. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1215881

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating and enduring mass-bereavement event, with uniquely difficult sets of circumstances experienced by people bereaved at this time. However, little is known about the long-term consequences of thes... Read More about Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Measuring Vulnerability in Grief: The Psychometric Properties of the Italian Adult Attitude to Grief Scale (2023)
Journal Article
Gori, A., Topino, E., Imperatore, P., Musetti, A., Sim, J., & Machin, L. (2023). Measuring Vulnerability in Grief: The Psychometric Properties of the Italian Adult Attitude to Grief Scale. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 13(6), 975-985. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13060074

Although experiences of loss and the consequent grief are natural in human life, some individuals may have difficulty managing these events, to the point of developing significant impairment in their functioning in important life areas. Given this, t... Read More about Measuring Vulnerability in Grief: The Psychometric Properties of the Italian Adult Attitude to Grief Scale.

Exploring Specialist Palliative Care Practitioner Perspectives on the Face Validity of the Attitude to Health Change Scales in Assessing the Impact of Life-limiting Illness on Patients and Carers (2021)
Journal Article
Machin, L., Walshe, C., & Dunleavy, L. (2021). Exploring Specialist Palliative Care Practitioner Perspectives on the Face Validity of the Attitude to Health Change Scales in Assessing the Impact of Life-limiting Illness on Patients and Carers. Journal of Palliative Care, 39(3), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/08258597211064016

Background: Identifying and assessing vulnerability and resilience through reflexive reactions and conscious coping responses to life-limiting illness is an important, but rarely assessed, component of care. The novel Attitude to Health Change scales... Read More about Exploring Specialist Palliative Care Practitioner Perspectives on the Face Validity of the Attitude to Health Change Scales in Assessing the Impact of Life-limiting Illness on Patients and Carers.