RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF, PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS, RELIGIOSITY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

Grief is a common response to any loss. It is mostly linked with divorce or the end of a beloved person, yet grief may also arise when the close romantic relationship come to an end. Within adolescents, the separation or breakup may be hard to discuss, and it causes most of the psychosocial problems. The aim of the current investigation is to highlight the pain which is not openly acknowledge, known as disenfranchised grief. The study explore the relationship between disenfranchised grief, psychosocial problems, religiosity and social support among adolescents. For data collection four reliable scales were used, namely Inventory of complicated grief for disenfranchised grief, The Adolescents Psychosocial Functioning Inventory (APFI) for psychosocial problems, The Arabic scale of Intrinsic Religiosity (ASIR) for religiosity, and Inventory of Social Support for measuring Social support. Sample included both male and female adolescents. Cross sectional survey research design was used. Findings revealed that as disenfranchised grief increases psychosocial problems increases. Social support and religiosity act as moderators between disenfranchised grief and psychosocial problems. Social support and increased religious believes helps to cope with psychosocial problems.

Keywords: Disenfranchised Grief, breakups, psychosocial problems, Religiosity, Social support, adolescents.