OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Death Studies is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 burnout, COVID-19 stress and resilience: Initial psychometric properties of COVID-19 Burnout Scale	199
The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental health problems: A meta-analysis	139
Pandemic Grief Scale: A screening tool for dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 loss	73
Validation of the Korean version of the obsession with COVID-19 scale and the Coronavirus anxiety scale	70
Circumstances of the death and associated risk factors for severity and impairment of COVID-19 grief	57
Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning	55
Subjective vitality and loneliness explain how coronavirus anxiety increases rumination among college students	54
Culture and grief: Ethnographic perspectives on ritual, relationships and remembering	45
COVID-19 Phobia in the United States: Validation of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-SE)	42
Fear of COVID-19 scale: Validity, reliability and factorial invariance in Argentina’s general population	40
Do fear of COVID-19 and religious coping predict depression, anxiety, and stress among the Arab population during health crisis?	39
Are deaths from COVID-19 associated with higher rates of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) than deaths from other causes?	37
Fear of death in the shadow of COVID-19: The mediating role of perceived stress in the relationship between neuroticism and death anxiety	37
COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh and associated psychological problems: An online survey	36
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in seven Latin American countries	32
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: New psychometric evidence for the Spanish version based on CFA and IRT models in a Peruvian sample	27
COVID-19 brings a new urgency for advance care planning: Implications of death education	27
What do teachers think of death education?	25
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed dying and grief: Will there be a surge of complicated grief?	21
Experiences of grief-bereavement after a medically assisted death in Canada: Bringing death to life	19
Developing a death literacy index	19
Non-disclosure of suicidal ideation in psychiatric inpatients: Rates and correlates	19
The existential dimension of the pandemic: Death attitudes, personal worldview, and coronavirus anxiety	18
Work status, death anxiety and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemic: Implications of the terror management theory	18
The moderating role of subjective nearness-to-death in the association between health worries and death anxieties from COVID-19	17

Assistance in dying: A comparative look at legal definitions	17
Prevalence and predictors of prolonged grief symptoms among those bereaved from a drug-related death in a convenience sample of Norwegian parents: A cross-sectional study	17
Understanding wellbeing and death obsession of young adults in the context of Coronavirus experiences: Mitigating the effect of mindful awareness	16
Grieving the loss of a pet: A qualitative systematic review	16
Adaptation and evaluation of COVID-19 related Psychological Distress Scale Turkish form	16
‘Special death’: Living with bereavement by drug-related death in Ireland	15
Obsession with Covid-19 in Peruvian police and armed forces: Validation of the obsession with Covid-19 Scale in Spanish using SEM and IRT models	15
Adaptation of the Cuban version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale	15
Prevalence and correlates of coronavirus anxiety in Germany: Results of a nationally representative survey	15
Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in the general Colombian population	13
The experience of divine struggle following child loss: The Case of Israeli bereaved Modern-Orthodox parents	12
The fear of the COVID-19 Scale: validation in the Portuguese general population	12
Caregiver behaviors and childhood maladaptive grief: Initial validation of the Grief Facilitation Inventory	12
Is it possible to find a bifactor structure in the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)? Psychometric evidence in an Ecuadorian sample	11
Death anxiety and burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak: The mediating role of obsession with COVID-19 and coronaphobia	11
Adaptation of the COV19-QoL Scale to Turkish culture: Its psychometric properties in diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals	11
Grief Impairment Scale: A biopsychosocial measure of grief-related functional impairment	11
Risk perception, social distancing, and distress during COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of online counseling and perceived social support	11
When college students grieve: New insights into the effects of loss during emerging adulthood	11
Exploring contemporary forms of aid in dying: An ethnography of euthanasia in Belgium and assisted suicide in Switzerland	11
Loss and grief in elderly people: Results from the LIFE-Adult-Study	11
Measuring dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 loss: A Turkish validation study of the Pandemic Grief Scale	11
Mediating role of positivity in the relationship between state anxiety and problematic social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Challenges in home care at the end stage of dementia: Hospice units vs. home care units. A qualitative study	10
Emotion regulation deficits across the spectrum of self-harm	10
The stigmatization of suicide: A study of stories told by college students in China	10
“Finding a safe space”: A qualitative study of what makes help helpful for adolescents bereaved by suicide	10
Who is really at risk? The contribution of death anxiety in suicide risk and loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Perception of grief responses: Are maladaptive grief responses and the stages of grief considered normal?	9
Psychosocial factors associated with complicated grief in caregivers during COVID-19: Results from a preliminary cross-sectional study	9
Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (BP-OCS) using a large University Sample in Brazil	9
Adapting and validating the coronavirus-19 phobia scale (C19P-S) in Korea	9
Psychometric validation of the French version of the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS-FR)	8
Forced and chosen transfers for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) before and during the COVID 19 pandemic: A mixed methods study	8
The Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief and spousal response to illness and death	8
The effect of professional education on medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward death	8
Death education and photovoice at school: A workshop with Italian high school students	8
Turkish Version of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report (TGI-SR): Validity and reliability	8
Rebuilding wellbeing: Understanding the role of self-criticism, anger rumination, and death distress after the February 6, 2023, Türkiye Earthquake	8
Community-based death preparation and education: A scoping review	8
Thinking for healing: The role of mentalization deficits as moderator in the link between complicated grief and suicide ideation among suicide-loss survivors	7
Death education’s “period of popularity”: Lessons for contemporary P-12 schools in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Posttraumatic growth following a drug-related death: A family perspective	7
Pregnancy loss experiences of couples in a phenomenological study: Gender differences within the Turkish sociocultural context	7
Talking about death when a parent with dependent children dies of cancer: A pilot study of the Family Talk Intervention in palliative care	7
The social health domain of people bereaved by a drug-related death and associations with professional help: A cross-sectional study	7
Validating the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a Colombian sample	7
Unfinished business and self-blaming emotions among those bereaved by a COVID-19 death	7
Anxiety and COVID-19: Coronavirus Anxiety Scale scores in medical and non-medical personnel in urban hospitals in Guadalajara. A cross-sectional survey study	7
Prolonged grief and posttraumatic growth among middle-aged and older widowed persons: A latent class analysis and testing for the role of social support	7

Overwhelming and unjust: A qualitative study of fathers’ experiences of grief following neonatal death	7
Prolonged grief disorder among bereaved survivors after the 2011 Van Earthquake in Turkey	6
Do interpersonal events buffer or worsen depressive and grief related symptoms in people bereaved through suicide?	6
Ethical judgment in assessing requests for medical assistance in dying in Canada and Quebec: What can we learn from other jurisdictions?	6
Beyond a traumatic loss: The experiences of mourning alone after parental death during COVID-19 pandemic	6
Reduced death anxiety as a mediator of the relationship between acute subjective effects of psychedelics and improved subjective well-being	6
Are unmet needs driving requests for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)? A qualitative study of Canadian MAiD providers	6
Suicidality Among College Students in Spain: Prevalence and Associations With Substance Use, Social Support, and Resilience	6
Factors associated with suicidal ideation among medical students during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru: A multicenter study	6
The “men in grief” phenomenon among suicide bereaved Chinese men in Hong Kong	6
Assessment of psychometric characteristics of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in patients with preexisting psychiatric disorders	6
Implicit measure of suicidal ideation in patients with depression	6
Social stigma of suicide in South Korea: A cultural perspective	6
Young adults’ experiences with loss and grief during COVID-19	6
Methodological weakness of the death-word-fragment task: Alternative implicit death anxiety measures	6
Suicidal ideation in university students in Lithuania amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective study with pre-pandemic measures	6
Parents’ religious/spiritual beliefs, practices, changes and needs after pregnancy or neonatal loss—A Danish cross-sectional study	6
The ideal and the real: Patient and bereaved family caregiver perspectives on the significance of place of death	6
Key issues, challenges, and preferred supports for those bereaved by suicide: Insights from postvention experts	6
Counselor preparedness to counsel grieving clients: Insights and implications	5
Quality of life and loneliness post-bereavement: Results from a nationwide survey of bereaved older adults	5
Bereavement affinities: A qualitative study of lived experiences of grief and loss	5
Effectiveness of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) in Lithuania	5
Attitudes promoting coping with death anxiety among parents of children with disabilities	5
Digital storytelling: Narrating meaning in bereavement	5
Assistance in dying across borders: How the transnational circulations of persons, terms and themes influence the construction of a public problem	5
Bereavement in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychometric analysis of the Pandemic Grief Scale-Urdu Version (PGS-UV)	5
French-Canadian validation of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report (TGI-SR)	5
Psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a US college sample	5
The relational landscape of bereavement after anticipated death: An interpretive model	5
The suicide of Private Danny Chen: An interpersonal theory perspective	5
How we continue bonds with deceased persons: The proximity-seeking behavior scale	5
Assistance in dying: Conditions for international comparison	5
The meaning of patient deaths for professional caregivers: A quantitative construct validation	5
The role of sense of coherence and emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and grief	5
Forgive but not forget: From self-forgiveness to posttraumatic growth among suicide-loss survivors	5
Factors associated with grief in informal carers of people living with Motor Neuron Disease: A mixed methods systematic review	4
How healthcare providers’ own death anxiety influences their communication with patients in end-of-life care: A thematic analysis	4
Embodied meaning making: Memorial tattoos as a visual expression of grief	4
The lived experience of bereaved Iranian families with COVID-19 grief	4
Predictive factors associated with death depression in women with breast cancer	4
Children’s experiences of the family talk intervention when a parent is cared for in palliative home care—A feasibility study	4
The impact of continuing bonds following bereavement: A systematic review	4
Slovak adaptation of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale	4
Death is the cause of my predicament: A cross-cultural study of death-related personal names in Nigeria	4
Testing terror management theory in advanced cancer	4
Feasibility of brief online gatekeeper training for Japanese university students: A randomized controlled trial	4
Personality traits and fears of death and dying predict ageism	4
The effectiveness of a brief intervention to increase the likelihood of advance care planning among college students	4
“Perhaps something of beauty can grow:” experiences of care farming for grief	4
Mortality salience in an offline and online setting	4
What predicts suicidality among psychologists? An examination of risk and resilience	4
Non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil	4
Traumatic experiences and resilience: Associations with mental health, death attitudes, and religion in university students	4
Personal growth in bereaved students: Associations with support, grief, and distress	4
Experiences of Black South African widows regarding mourning rituals following the death of their spouses: Upholding cultural practices or violating human rights?	4
Older individuals’ perceptions of a good death: A systematic literature review	4
Spirituality in Brazilian family caregivers of patients with cancer from the end-of-life care to bereavement	4
Partner bereavement when parenting dependent children: What factors influence adjustment?	4
Grief and bereavement beliefs among U. S. mental health professionals and the general public	4
Parents experience of using “cold” facilities at a children’s hospice after the death of their baby: A qualitative study	4
The impact of anencephaly on parents: A mixed-methods study	4
Revising ruling discourses: The griefwork evidence-to-practice gap and the mental health workforce	4