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Grief in Women Religious 40 between spirituality and social support, at time 1, were predictive of grief at time 2. Furthermore, post hoc examination of closeness to the deceased was conducted, due to concern that closeness may act as a confound in the analyses. Closeness was measured on a Likert scale ranging from one to five with one being the highest degree of closeness, and it was reverse scored. The active women religious were significantly closer to the deceased (M = 2.31, SD =1.10) than were the contemplative women religious (M= 2.88, SD = 1.18; t = -2.25, p < .05). Furthermore, closeness was significantly correlated with time 1 and time 2 grief for the contemplative women religious (r = -.64, p < .01; r = -.73, p < .01) but not for the active women religious. However, closeness was not significantly related to residualized time 2 grief for either group. In addition, post hoc examination of relation to the deceased was conducted due to concern that relation to the deceased may act as a confound in the study. Results indicate a significant difference between active women religious and contemplative women religious (χ 2 = 35.00, p < .001). Active women religious reported a higher loss of parents and siblings, whereas contemplative women religious reported the loss of more community members.
CHAPTER IV Discussion Grief in Women Religious 41 This study examined the impact that social support, spirituality and extraversion have on grief symptoms in active and contemplative women religious. Overall, their perceived social support remained relatively stable over time, as indicated by the means and standard deviations. For women religious in this study, social support did not affect grief symptoms over time. This finding is inconsistent with the existing research on social support and grief, which indicates that social support appears to have a positive impact on grief resolution (Krause, 1986; Nolen-Hoeksema, 1999; Norris & Murrell, 1990; Sanders, 1999). The results of the present study may be due to the short span of time between the experience of loss and testing. Previous research examined these variables over longer periods of time such as one to seven years post loss (Lehman & Wortman, 1986; Nolen-Hoeksema, 1999; Laakos & Paunonen-Ilmonen, 2002). It is possible that for social support to influence grief symptoms, a longer tune frame is needed then the present study explored. In addition, the lack of impact of social support on grief symptoms among the participants in this study may be due to the nature of their social support network. In this study, women religious reported that family members, community members, lay friends and members of the clergy were people who they count on for support. Previous research suggests that the quality and the ability to utilize social support are negatively associated with bereavement (Nolen-Hoeksema & Larson, 1999; Ulmer et al., 1991; Vachon & Stylianos, 1988). Although women religious, on self-reported measures may be satisfied with their overall social support, during times of bereavement, they may not be living
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