Grief Reactions of Bereaved Spouses in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
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2020-06
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Abstract
Spousal death is one of the most traumatic events that can occur in
marital experience and most times, engenders different reactions. The paper
investigated the grief reactions of bereaved spouses in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara
State. A total of 395 bereaved spouses were selected using a purposive sampling
technique. Data were collected from the respondents using an instrument titled
"Grief Reaction of Bereaved Spouses Questionnaire" (GRBSQ). The research
questions raised were answered with percentages while the hypotheses generated
were analysed using t-test statistics and three-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study indicated that (90.6%) of bereaved
spouses in Kwara state have positive grief reactions, while 37 (9.4%) have
negative grief reactions. The study further revealed significant differences in the
grief reactions of bereaved spouses in Ilorin metropolis based on age at
bereavement, nature of death and length of years of loss. Based on these findings,
recommendations were made on the desirability of establishing counselling centres
in governmental and non-governmental organisations aside from the conventional
ones in schools and hospitals. The study also stresses the need for bereaved
spouses to be exposed to grief counselling to help them adjust better to their
bereavement and educated on the adverse effect of complicated grief as a result of
poor adjustment.
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Grief, Grief Reactions, Bereaved Spouses, Ilorin