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What Does It Mean for Sadness to Heal? A Systematic Review
1Faculty of Arts, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan.
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
|June 19, 2025
Summary
Understanding healed sadness after bereavement is crucial. This review identified seven categories describing the state of healed sadness, though further research is needed for validation.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Grief Studies
- Mental Health
Background:
- Bereavement commonly involves sadness, but the conditions for 'healed sadness' are not well-defined.
- Clarifying healed sadness is socially significant due to the inevitability of death.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review experiences of sadness during bereavement.
- To clarify the meaning and characteristics of healed sadness.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature search adhering to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
- Searched six major databases (CINAHL, Cochrane, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science).
Main Results:
- Identified three relevant studies.
- Extracted twenty-three descriptions of healed sadness, categorized into seven distinct themes.
Conclusions:
- The identified categories offer initial insights into healed sadness.
- Further research is essential to validate these categories and explore additional descriptions of healed sadness.
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