ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Grief Behaviors and Experiences in Black Americans

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Clinical Science

  • Angela Neal-Barnett
    Kent State University
  • Flanvis Johnson
    the House of the Lord
  • Anaya Spencer
    Kent State University
  • Alexis McGhee-Dinvaut
    Kent State University

Abstract

Black Americans experience more grief over their lifetime due to the effects of environmental racism and more recently since the rise in deaths due to COVID-19. This study investigates the ways in which grief is experienced and what behaviors are used to cope with grief in Black communities.

Race and Ethnicity