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“I could not give him the funeral he deserved”: The role of alternative mourning rituals during the pandemic

dc.contributor.authorManquinho, Susana
dc.contributor.authorAlbuquerque, Sara
dc.contributor.authorDelalibera, Mayra
dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorSalvador, Ágata
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-16T16:27:24Z
dc.date.available2024-04-16T16:27:24Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, measures were enforced that constrained people's ability to engage in conventional funeral and mourning rituals, which in general serve as vital mechanisms for coping with the experience of loss. This study aimed to investigate how these limitations afected early grief symptoms and the infuence of alternative mourning rituals (paying tribute on social media, lighting candles in memory of the deceased, and using objects of the deceased) on moderating the relationship between individuals' perception of these limitations (such as being unable to perform the present body ceremony or fulfll the funeral wishes of the deceased) and the intensity of the grief symptoms. The study involved 227 participants, aged between 18 and 77 years, who had experienced the loss of a loved one during the pandemic. Results demonstrated that higher levels of perceived limitation in funeral ceremonies are associated with greater intensity of grief responses. Paying tribute on social media and lighting candles in memory of the deceased person moderated the relationship between the perception of limitation in fulflling the deceased’s wishes in relation to the funeral ceremonies and the intensity of the grief responses. Using objects moderates the relationship between the perception of limitation in performing a present body ceremony and the intensity of the grief responses. Results underline the relevance of psychological fexibility, in particular concerning alternative morning rituals, that can be used as a way of bufering the impact of the perception of limitation in funeral ceremonies on the intensity of grief responses. This study ofers a distinctive insight into bereavement during the pandemic, highlighting the role of fexibility in morning rituals in mitigating the deleterious efect of ritual restrictions on bereavement outcomes.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationManquinho, S., Albuquerque, S., Salvador, Á., Delalibera, M., & Coelho, A. (2023). “I could not give him the funeral he deserved”: The role of alternative mourning rituals during the pandemic. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05305-6pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-023-05305-6pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn19364733
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9724
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringer New Yorkpt_PT
dc.relationUIDB/05380/2020pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPerception of limitation in funeral ceremoniespt_PT
dc.subjectIntensity of grief responsespt_PT
dc.subjectAlternative mourning rituals and SARS-CoV-2pt_PT
dc.title“I could not give him the funeral he deserved”: The role of alternative mourning rituals during the pandemicpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage11pt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleCurrent Psychologypt_PT
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