PPT Slide
Unresolved for Loss reflects disorganization or disorientation in discussing the loss of a close individual
-lapses in the monitoring of reasoning and/or discourse
-disbelief that the person is dead
-sense of being causal in the death
-disorientation with respect to time or space
-psychologically confused statements
-unusual attention to detail
-poetic phrasing
Unresolved for Abuse reflects disorganization or disorientation in discussing abusive experiences
-unsuccessful denial of the experience
-feelings of being causal and deserving of the abuse
-psychologically confused statements
-fear of being “possessed” by the abusive figure
- Verbal Ability (Lamke & Nelson, 1973)
- Life Events Survey (Sarason, Johnson & Siegel, 1978) assesses occurrence of 43 negative life events in past 18 months
- Triangular Love Scale (TLS, Aron & Westbay, 1996) assesses intimacy, passion and commitment