Evaluation of Grief Therapy Approaches for Bereaved Parents

Description

The purpose of this study is to compare three types of support programs for parents who have lost a child. The study will see how these support programs affect participants' grief and depression symptoms. The three support programs are called Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy, Supportive Counseling, and Enhanced Usual Care.

Conditions

Grief, Bereavement, Cancer

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to compare three types of support programs for parents who have lost a child. The study will see how these support programs affect participants' grief and depression symptoms. The three support programs are called Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy, Supportive Counseling, and Enhanced Usual Care.

Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy for Parents Bereaved by Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of Grief Therapy Approaches for Bereaved Parents

Condition
Grief
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Miami

University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

New York

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States, 10065

Philadelphia

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Data Collection Only), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Memphis

St Jude's Children's Hospital (Data collection only), Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * A biological, adoptive, step-parent or legal guardian from across the United States who lost a child diagnosed with cancer as indicated by self-report
  • * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report
  • * Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by self-report
  • * Elevated prolonged grief (PG) symptoms (PG-13-R scores of 30 or above)
  • * Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report
  • * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English.
  • * What is the participant's preferred language?
  • * How well does the participant speak English?
  • * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)
  • * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)
  • * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)
  • * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)
  • * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent
  • * Inability to access a functional device for videoconferencing and declines offer to use a study loaner device as indicated by self-report
  • * Prisoners
  • * Participants unable to consent

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Miami,

Wendy G. Lichtenthal, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Miami

Study Record Dates

2026-05-31