APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Separated in Our Final Moments: What We Regret When a Pandemic Interrupts Goodbye

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Neil Lutsky
    Carleton College
  • Bethany Lazo
    Carleton College
  • Julia Johnston
    Carleton College
  • Natalie Ruiz
    Carleton College
  • Julia Naganuma-Carreras
    Carleton College

Abstract

Our national survey of 694 adults, conducted in fall 2021, documented widely-shared regrets associated with the inability to say goodbye to a dying loved one due to a pandemic. Respondents most regretted not being able to express love and be present, independent of the sentience of the loved one.

Epidemics and Public Health

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