The Impact of Peer Death on Adolescent Girls: An Efficacy Study of the Adolescent Grief and Loss Group

A systematic review of school‐based interventions and their outcomes for youth exposed to traumatic events

“…As seen in Table , of the 41 studies, 7 studies examined miscellaneous interventions (Psychodrama Group: Carbonell & Parteleno‐Barehmi, ; Unnamed Intervention: C. M. Chemtob, Nakashima, & Hamada, ; Project SHIFA: Ellis et al, ; Expressive Writing Intervention: Giannotta et al, ; Adolescent Grief and Loss Group: Malone, ; Journey of Hope: Powell & Thompson, ; Listen, Protect, Connect: Ramirez et al, ). Of the seven studies, only Giannotta et al () expressive writing intervention did not find statistically different changes in student outcome scores.…”

“…As seen in Table , six studies were conducted in the United States while Giannotta et al () study was conducted in Italy. The studies examined youth exposed to natural disasters (Chemtob, Nakashima, & Carlson, ; Powell & Thompson, ), traumatic grief (Malone, ), peer victimization (Giannotta et al, ), war‐ and terror‐related events (Ellis et al, ), and various traumas (Carbonell & Parteleno‐Barehmi, ; Ramirez et al, ). Carbonell and Parteleno‐Barehm () and Malone () only examined female students, and the other five studies examined both female and male students.…”

Psychosocial functioning after losing a close friend in an extreme terror incident

“…Young girls tend to be more affected by stress, more dependent on others for support, have more intimate relationships with friend, and are more sensitive to others' expectations, which may imply different risks for males and females. Males may be at risk if they keep their problems to themselves, while females may be at risk if they are too dependent on external help (Coleman, 2011;Malone, 2012). Women's inclination towards worrying and rumination compared to men, may play a part in explaining the gender difference.…”

“…The nature of young girls' relationships could also imply that they will be especially at risk for complicated reactions (Coleman, 2011;Malone, 2012).…”

“…Experiencing a loss could lead to growth and maturity, but may also interfere with normal developmental tasks and impede function (Doka, 2000;Neimeyer, Laurie, Mehta, Hardison, & Currier, 2008 ). Young girls have a closer relationship with their friends than boys do, with higher levels of both intimacy and peer support (Coleman, 2011;De Goede, Branje, & Meeus, 2009;Malone, 2012;Markiewicz, Lawford, Doyle, & Haggart, 2006), predicting stronger grief reactions in girls.…”