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Development And Psychometric Evaluation Of The Unfinished Business In Bereavement Scale, Kara Klingspon
Development And Psychometric Evaluation Of The Unfinished Business In Bereavement Scale, Kara Klingspon
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Bereavement is one of life's greatest challenges, but most grievers recover within approximately six months after the loss. Prolonged Grief Disorder or Complicated Grief describes the 10-20% who continue to struggle with chronic and severe symptoms such as yearning and/or longing for the deceased. Those with prolonged grief are at elevated risk for a number of detrimental physical and mental health outcomes. Unfinished business, which refers to a subjective perception that something was left undone, unsaid, or unresolved with the deceased, is one marker indicating greater risk for such symptomology. Although a common target for intervention, no empirically validated tool …
It’S Not About Brooklyn, Elee Maybelle Oak
It’S Not About Brooklyn, Elee Maybelle Oak
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
My work at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program has culminated into a collage form hybrid comprised of vignettes, poetry, and other creative works. The writing engages central themes, through the Queer gaze of the character Sissy. She became suspect at an early age because of her odd aptitudes along with a physical appearance that never fit. She dodged and at times embraced an identification as a sort of side show curiosity, and an intoxicated freak of gender, race, and talent. She survived physical and mental attacks. Then she blindly stepped …