Objectives One of the reasons why people engage in reminiscences about their past is to
maintain intimacy with deceased close others. Although previous research alerts to the …

Objectives Personal reminiscence styles are known to influence a person's well-being, but
research regarding their impact on bereavement outcomes is limited. Based on previous …

Continuing bonds or maintaining a physical or mental connection with a deceased loved
one is an aspect of the bereavement process that has displayed mixed results in the …

Objectives Prior studies have shown that pre‐loss closeness and conflict with a deceased
person are associated with the severity of symptoms of prolonged grief and/or depression …

Some studies of the relationship between continuing bonds and grief intensity have claimed
that continuing bonds lead to poor adaptation to bereavement. However, operationalizations …

Objectives: Remembering one's personal past serves psychosocial functions. Adaptive use
of autobiographical memory is related to well-being but little research has focused on grief …

This study examines the extent to which various forms of reminiscence predict life
satisfaction and psychiatric distress with and without control for the contribution of …

The current study aims to examine mechanisms underlying the impact of attachment
dimensions on bereavement adjustment. Bereaved mainland Chinese participants (N= 247) …

The existing empirical literature depicts a complex picture of the role that continuing bonds
play in coping with bereavement, with contradictory findings emerging across studies. This …

There is increasing consensus that mourners' general attachment security and ongoing
sense of connectedness to the deceased figure prominently in adjustment to bereavement …