Treating Complicated Grief among Orphaned Children in Kenya: Effectiveness of Complicated Grief Therapy

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dc.contributor.authorNgesa, Maureen O.
dc.contributor.authorTuikong, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorOngaro, Kennedy
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-10T13:12:51Z
dc.date.available2021-06-10T13:12:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractComplicated Grief (CG) also referred to as complicated bereavement is a clinically significant condition even though there is limited evidence on its prevalence and treatment in Kenya and Africa in general. The main aim of this 2019 study was to test the efficacy of a modified Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT) in treating complicated grief (CG) among orphaned children. A total of 426 orphaned children aged 10 - 15 years were screened using the Brief Grief Questionnaire to sample those with elevated grief scores. Of the 263 who met the criteria, only 241 participants fully participated in the six months study with 123 and 118 participants in the treatment and the control groups respectively. The treatment group was subjected to a shortened version of the CGT (12 weeks) while no treatment was offered to the control group. The prevalence of grief among orphaned children was 66% and using the Inventory for Complicated Grief, to determine the clinical levels, a mean grief score of 31.6 (SD = 9.52) was recorded. The reduced version of CGT was effective in the reduction of complicated grief symptoms t(122) = −15.79, p < 0.001 at a weekly reduction of 1.29 points. In the case of the control group, the paired sample test showed a statistically insignificant reduction of CG score, t(117) = −0.712, p = 0.478. Conclusions: Reducing CGT sessions 12 sessions to make it shorter and less stringent and using it as group therapy in a school setup did not interfere with its effect on the treatment of complicated grief among orphaned children.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgesa, M. O., Tuikong, S., & Ongaro, K. (2020). Treating Complicated Grief among Orphaned Children in Kenya: Effectiveness of Complicated Grief Therapy. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 461-478. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.84034en_US
dc.identifier.issn2327-5960
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3572
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Journal of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectComplicated Griefen_US
dc.subjectOrphaned Childrenen_US
dc.subjectComplicated Grief Therapyen_US
dc.subjectBereaved Childrenen_US
dc.subjectParental Deathen_US
dc.titleTreating Complicated Grief among Orphaned Children in Kenya: Effectiveness of Complicated Grief Therapyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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