rumination following bereavement

219 Pages·2014·1.7 MB·English

RUMINATION FOLLOWING BEREAVEMENT:
ASSESSMENT, WORKING MECHANISMS AND INTERVENTION
Maarten C. Eisma
Cover drawing: Huike Thinking, attributed to: Shi Ke © Tokyo National Museum
Huike says to Bodhidharma: “My mind is anxious, please pacify it.”
ISBN: 978-94-6299-002-9
Printing: Ridderprint BV, the Netherlands
Layout: Nikki Vermeulen, Ridderprint BV, the Netherlands
Copyright: Maarten C. Eisma, 2015
RUMINATION FOLLOWING BEREAVEMENT:
ASSESSMENT, WORKING MECHANISMS AND INTERVENTION
Ruminatie na een overlijden:
Meting, werkzame mechanismen en interventie
(met een samenvatting in het Nederlands)
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht op gezag
van de rector magnificus, prof. dr. G.J. van der Zwaan, ingevolge het besluit
van het college voor promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op
vrijdag 16 januari 2015 des middags te 2.30 uur
door
Maarten Cornelis Eisma
geboren op 14 mei 1982 te Nijmegen
Promotoren: Prof. dr. M.S. Stroebe
Prof. dr. W. Stroebe
Prof. dr. J. van den Bout
Prof. dr. P. A. Boelen
Copromotor: Dr. H. A. W. Schut
The research described in this thesis was financially supported by a ZonMw TOP Grant of the
Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
“Don’t worry, be happy.”
- Bobby McFerrin

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 9
PART 1 ASSESSMENT
Chapter 2 Development and psychometric evaluation of the Utrecht Grief 25
Rumination Scale
Chapter 3 Adaptive and maladaptive rumination after loss: A three-wave 47
longitudinal study
PART 2 WORKING MECHANISMS
Chapter 4 Avoidance processes mediate the relationship between rumination 69
and symptoms of complicated grief and depression following loss
Chapter 5 Is rumination after bereavement linked with loss avoidance? 91
Evidence from eye-tracking
Chapter 6 Rumination and implicit avoidance following bereavement: 115
An approach avoidance task investigation
PART 3 INTERVENTION
Chapter 7 Internet-delivered exposure and behavioral activation for complicated 135
grief and rumination. A randomized controlled trial
Chapter 8 Summary and general discussion 163
Samenvatting (Dutch summary) 181
Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) 195
Curriculum Vitae 201
Publications 205
Appendices 211

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