Bosco, Carolina Angela (2023) The Relationship Between the Big Five Personality Traits and Complicated Grief: A systematic Review. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Abstract Complicated grief (CG) is a more intense and prolonged grief state associated with a higher risk of suicidality and impairments in the quality of life. Successfully identifying risk factors behind CG symptoms is imperative for developing effective treatment options and to better understand this condition. The Big Five personality traits, (neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to experience), are potential risk or protective factors in the development of CG symptoms. Currently, there is no comprehensive review charting the nature of this relationship. We pre-registered a systematic review (CRD42022373078) to identify quantitative findings on the relationship between Big Five personality traits and CG symptoms. To do so, we searched PsycInfo, PubMed, and Web of Science and identified 16 studies (3470 participants), with bereaved adult samples, written in English and peer-reviewed, which studied the relationship between Big Five personality traits and CG symptoms. Results showed that the focus of the majority of studies (15) was on the relationship between the trait neuroticism and CG symptoms. Neuroticism appeared to be concurrently positively associated with CG symptoms. However, neuroticism was longitudinally associated with CG symptoms only in uncontrolled studies. Our findings suggest that neuroticism may play a role in the development of CG symptoms, but that alternative explanations cannot be ruled out, and the other four traits have not been sufficiently researched. More research is needed to better understand longitudinal relationships between Big Five personality traits and CG symptoms, and their potential clinical implications. Keywords: Complicated grief, Big Five personality traits, neuroticism, CG treatment
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Eisma, M.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2023 08:46 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2023 08:46 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1908 |
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