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Margaret Stroebe

Margaret Stroebe

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Psychology

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75
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27432
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1766
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101

Overview

Margaret Stroebe is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in the field of Psychology, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research portfolio includes work related to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, and Social Psychology.

The core topics explored in Stroebe's body of work revolve around Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health. Additional areas include Migration, Health and Trauma, Homelessness and Social Issues, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

Stroebe has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Bereavement in Times of COVID-19: A Review and Theoretical Framework, 2020, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • Emotion Regulatory Strategies in Complicated Grief: A Systematic Review, 2020, Behavior Therapy
  • A systematic review of loneliness in bereavement: Current research and future directions, 2021, Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Sleep disturbances in bereavement: A systematic review, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Bereavement or breakup: Differences in networks of depression, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent publication venues for Stroebe's articles include:

  • OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Harvard Review of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
  • Current Opinion in Psychology

Collaborative relationships have been established with several researchers over time, with notable co-authors including:

  • Henk Schut
  • Maarten C. Eisma
  • Kari Dyregrov
  • Paul A. Boelen
  • Kristine Berg Titlestad

Stroebe's research addresses a broad spectrum of health-related psychological topics, with particular attention to bereavement processes and mental health outcomes. Their work contributes to the understanding of emotional regulation, grief complexities, loneliness associated with bereavement, and the psychological effects of traumatic loss.

Best Publications

  • THE DUAL PROCESS MODEL OF COPING WITH BEREAVEMENT: RATIONALE AND DESCRIPTION

    Margaret S Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Health outcomes of bereavement.

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Bereavement and Health: The Psychological and Physical Consequences of Partner Loss

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Margaret S. Stroebe

  • The dual process model of coping with bereavement: a decade on.

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, and care

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Robert O. Hansson;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Handbook of Bereavement: Theory, Research and Intervention

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe;Robert O. Hansson

  • The role of loneliness and social support in adjustment to loss: A test of attachment versus stress theory

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Margaret Stroebe;Georgios Abakoumkin;Henk Schut

  • Who suffers more? Sex differences in health risks of the widowed.

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Broken hearts or broken bonds. Love and death in historical perspective.

    Margaret Stroebe;Mary M. Gergen;Kenneth J. Gergen;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Gender differences in adjustment to bereavement: An empirical and theoretical review.

    Margaret Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • The efficacy of bereavement interventions: Determining who benefits.

    Henk Schut;Margaret S. Stroebe;Jan van den Bout;Maaike Terheggen

  • Meaning making in the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement

    Stroebe;H.A.W. Schut

  • The prediction of bereavement outcome: Development of an integrative risk factor framework

    Margaret Susan Stroebe;Susan Folkman;Robert O Hansson;Henk Schut

  • Attachment in Coping With Bereavement: A Theoretical Integration

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Handbook of bereavement research and practice: Advances in theory and intervention.

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Robert O. Hansson;Henk Schut;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Models of coping with bereavement: A review.

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • From loss to loneliness: The relationship between bereavement and depressive symptoms.

    Eiko I. Fried;Claudi Bockting;Retha Arjadi;Denny Borsboom

  • Does disclosure of emotions facilitate recovery from bereavement? Evidence from two prospective studies.

    Margaret Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut;Emmanuelle Zech

  • Grief work, disclosure and counseling: do they help the bereaved?

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut;Margaret S Stroebe

  • Continuing bonds in adaptation to bereavement: Toward theoretical integration

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Kathrin Boerner

  • Bereavement and health

    Wolfgang. Stroebe;Margaret S. Stroebe

Frequent Co-Authors

Henk Schut
Henk Schut Utrecht University
Wolfgang Stroebe
Wolfgang Stroebe University of Groningen
Jan van den Bout
Jan van den Bout Utrecht University
Maarten C. Eisma
Maarten C. Eisma University of Groningen
Robert O. Hansson
Robert O. Hansson University of Tulsa
Paul A. Boelen
Paul A. Boelen Utrecht University
Kathrin Boerner
Kathrin Boerner Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Catrin Finkenauer
Catrin Finkenauer Utrecht University
Kenneth J. Gergen
Kenneth J. Gergen Swarthmore College
Maaike H. Nauta
Maaike H. Nauta University of Groningen

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