Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

 Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Research Fields Clinical Psychology Unit for Bereavement Research Knowledge about grief Research Open access articles

Open access articles

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  • Thomsen, D. K., Bluck, S., Lundorff, M., & O’Connor, M. (2024). “I Changed After the Death”: Symptoms of Psychopathology Predict Lower Agency and Communion Themes in Loss Narratives Over 16 Months. Cognitive Therapy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10541-6

  • Larsen, L. H., Hybholt, L., & O’Connor, M. (2024). Lived experience and the dual process model of coping with bereavement: A participatory research study. Death Studies, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2355244

  • Buur, C., Zachariae, R., Komischke-Konnerup, K. B., Marello, M. M., Schierff, L. H., & O’Connor, M. (2024). Risk factors for prolonged grief symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 107, 102375–102375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102375

  • Brookman, R., Harris, C. B., & O’Connor, M. (2024). A role for event centrality in prolonged grief disorder. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 22093–22099. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72754-9

  • Reime, M. A., Connor, M. O., Hystad, S. W., & Dyregrov, K. (2024). Drug-Death Related Bereavement and Social Support. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 302228241238907–302228241238907. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241238907

Older publications

  • Redican, E., Vang, M. L., Komischke-Konnerup, K., Elklit, A., Shevlin, M., & O’Connor, M. (2023). Operationalization, implications and correlates of the cultural deviance criterion for ICD-11 and DSM-5 prolonged grief disorder. Death Studies, 48(9), 988–999. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2297061

  • Maja O’Connor, Maria Louison Vang, Mark Shevlin, Ask Elklit, Katrine B Komischke-Konnerup, Marie Lundorff, & Richard Bryant. (2023). Development and validation of the Aarhus PGD scale for operationalizing ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR TR Prolonged Grief Disorder. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.09.022

  • Lenferink, L. I. M., & O’Connor, M. (2023). Grief is a family affair: examining longitudinal associations between prolonged grief in parents and their adult children using four-wave cross-lagged panel models. Psychological Medicine, 53(15), 7428–7434. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723001101

  • Sofie Mørk, Dorte Hvidtjørn, Sören Möller, Tine Brink Henriksen, Maja O’Connor, & George A Bonanno. (2023). Grief trajectories after loss in pregnancy and during the neonatal period. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.10.052

  • Paul A. Boelen, Maja O’Connor, & Marjolein A. Missler. (2023). Satisfaction with Life after Partner Loss : Time-Varying and Time-Invariant Components and Their Associations with Prolonged Grief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2023.100350

  • Reitsma, L., Killikelly, C., Müller, H., Larsen, L., Boelen, P., & Lenferink, L. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of positive and negative psychological effects of bereavement due to COVID-19: A living systematic review [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000 Research, 12, 237-. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.130397.1

  • O'Connor, M., Steffensen, C. B., Mackrill, T., Hybholt, L., Nissen, E. R., & Komischke-Konnerup, K. B. (2023). A multistage focus group study of elderly clients’ experiences of cognitive behavioral therapy for complicated grief reactions (CBTgrief). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(Supp 1), 55. Article 409. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2197743

  • Komischke-Konnerup, K. B., O’Connor, M., Hoijtink, H., & Boelen, P. A. (2023). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Complicated Grief Reactions: Treatment Protocol and Preliminary Findings From a Naturalistic Setting. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2023.11.001

  • F. Maccallum, M. Lundorff, M. Johannsen, I. Farver-Vestergaard, & M. O’Connor. (2023). An exploration of gender and prolonged grief symptoms using network analysis. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721003391

  • Katrine B Komischke-Konnerup, Maria Louison Vang, Marie Lundorff, Ask Elklit, & Maja O’Connor. (2023). Do early symptoms of prolonged grief disorder lead to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression? : A longitudinal register-based study of the two first years of bereavement. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000859

  • M. L. Vang, H. G. Prigerson, A. Elklit, K. B. Komischke-Konnerup, & M. O’Connor. (2022). Do we all grieve the same? : A multigroup test of the dimensional structure of prolonged grief disorder among Danish bereaved partners and children. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114937

  • Maja Johannsen, Christina Schlander, Ingeborg Farver-Vestergaard, Marie Lundorff, Kaare Bro Wellnitz, Katrine B Komischke-Konnerup, & Maja O’Connor. (2022). Group-based compassion-focused therapy for prolonged grief symptoms in adults - Results from a randomized controlled trial. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114937

  • Boelen, P. A., & O’Connor, M. (2022). Is a sense of coherence associated with prolonged grief, depression, and satisfaction with life after bereavement? A longitudinal study. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 29(5), 1599–1610. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2774

  • Kristine Berg Titlestad, Pål Kristensen, Maja OConnor, Sigurd Hystad, & Kari Dyregrov. (2022). Paths to positive growth in parents bereaved by drug-related death : A mixed-method study. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.982667

  • Katrine B Komischke-Konnerup, Robert Zachariae, Maja Johannsen, Louise Dyrvig Nielsen, & Maja OConnor. (2021). Co-occurrence of prolonged grief symptoms and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress in bereaved adults : A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100140

  • Bergsmark, L. P. S. (2021). Hvorfor er sorg aktuell som diagnose? Fra spørsmål om legitimiteten av sorgpatologisering til kritikk av diagnosens samfunnsfunksjon. Nordiske Udkast. https://doi.org/10.7146/nu.v49i2.143987

  • O’Connor, M., Larsen, L., Joensen, B. V., Boelen, P. A., Maccallum, F., Komischke-Konnerup, K., & Bryant, R. A. (2020). Valid ICD-11 PGD Scales and Structured Clinical Interviews Needed. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1120–1120. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01120

  • Jette Marcussen, Frode Thuen, Maja OConnor, Rhonda L. Wilson, & Lise Hounsgaard. (2020). Double bereavement, mental health consequences and support needs of children and young adults ‐ when a divorced parent dies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15181 

  • Lundorff, M., Thomsen, D. K., Damkier, A., & O’Connor, M. (2019). How do loss- and restoration-oriented coping change across time? A prospective study on adjustment following spousal bereavement. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 32(3), 270–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1587751

  • O’Connor, M., Lasgaard, M., Larsen, L., Johannsen, M., Lundorff, M., Farver-Vestergaard, I., & Boelen, P. A. (2019). Comparison of proposed diagnostic criteria for pathological grief using a sample of elderly bereaved spouses in Denmark: Perspectives on future bereavement research. Journal of Affective Disorders, 251, 52–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.01.056

  • Karina Stengaard Kamp, Maja O’Connor, Helle Spindler, & Andrew Moskowitz. (2019). Bereavement hallucinations after the loss of a spouse : Associations with psychopathological measures, personality and coping style. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2018.1458759

  • Lundorff, M., Kirkegaard Thomsen, D., Johannsen, M., Damkier, A., & O’Connor, M. (2019). Symptomer på vedvarende sorglidelse hos efterladte partnere: Hyppighed og risikofaktorer. Psyke & Logos.

  • Larsen, L., Lauritzen, L. R., & O’Connor, M. (2019). Kompliceret sorg og vedvarende sorglidelse: Begrebsmæssig adskillelse og sammenhæng. Psyke & Logos. 

  • Lena Eckholdt, Lynn Watson, & Maja O’Connor. (2018). Prolonged grief reactions after old age spousal loss and centrality of the loss in post loss identity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.010

  • Hvidtjørn, D., Prinds, C., Bliddal, M., Henriksen, T. B., Cacciatore, J., & O’Connor, M. (2018). Life after the loss: protocol for a Danish longitudinal follow-up study unfolding life and grief after the death of a child during pregnancy from gestational week 14, during birth or in the first 4 weeks of life. BMJ Open, 8(12), e024278–e024278. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024278

  • Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen, Marie Lundorff, Anette Damkier, & Maja O’Connor. (2018). Narrative Identity and Grief Reactions : A Prospective Study of Bereaved Partners. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.011

  • Marie Lundorff, Helle Holmgren, Robert Zachariae, Ingeborg Farver-Vestergaard, & Maja O’Connor. (2017). Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder in adult bereavement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.01.030

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Malene Hoffmann Buskbjerg