ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Grief Behaviors and Experiences in Black Americans
- 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