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Publication Date: 2009
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Predicting Social Support for Grieving Persons: A Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective
Bath, Debra M.
Death Studies, v33 n10 p869-889 2009
Research has consistently reported that social support from family, friends, and colleagues is an important factor in the bereaved person's ability to cope after the loss of a loved one. This study used a Theory of Planned Behavior framework to identify those factors that predict a person's intention to interact with, and support, a grieving person. Questionnaire data from 160 university students showed that together behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and past behavior significantly predicted intention after controlling for gender and past experience. Behavioral beliefs, followed by control beliefs and past behavior, were the most important predictors of intention to support a grieving person. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Grief, Intention, Coping, Death, Family Influence, Friendship, Peer Influence, Work Environment, Behavioral Science Research, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, College Students, Gender Differences, Experience, Interpersonal Relationship, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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