Loss, depression and complicated grief in a mexican sample

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore traces of losses considered as not overcome within a Mexican sample of bereaved people, also to contribute with significant data for the comprehension of complicated grief (CG). In a community sample of 321 participants from central Mexico who had lived at least one bereavement experience, the history of losses inventory (HLI) was administered and the presence of complicated grief and depressive symptoms were assessed. 12.46% of the sample reached CG punctuation range and 35.2% considered not having overcome at least one of their bereavement experiences. Results point out the relationship to the deceased and other variables included in the HLI as possible predictors of CG.