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Melissa A. Smigelsky
Researcher at University of Memphis
Publications - 31
Citations - 277
Melissa A. Smigelsky is an academic researcher from University of Memphis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Moral injury & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 24 publications receiving 158 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa A. Smigelsky include Wheaton College (Illinois) & Veterans Health Administration.
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Risk Factors for Anticipatory Grief in Family Members of Terminally Ill Veterans Receiving Palliative Care Services
Laurie A. Burke,Karen A Clark,Khatidja S Ali,Benjamin W Gibson,Melissa A. Smigelsky,Robert A. Neimeyer +5 more
TL;DR: Elevated anticipatory grief was found in families characterized by relational dependency, lower education, and poor grief-specific support, who also experienced discomfort with closeness and intimacy, neuroticism, spiritual crisis, and an inability to make sense of the loss.
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Patterns of Potential Moral Injury in Post-9/11 Combat Veterans and COVID-19 Healthcare Workers
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors compared patterns of potential moral injury (PMI) between post-9/11 military combat veterans and healthcare workers (HCWs) surveyed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Screening for moral injury and comparatively evaluating moral injury measures in relation to mental illness symptomatology and diagnosis
Jason A. Nieuwsma,Jason A. Nieuwsma,Mira Brancu,Mira Brancu,Jennifer H. Wortmann,Melissa A. Smigelsky,Heather A. King,Heather A. King,Visn Mirecc Workgroup,Keith G. Meador,Keith G. Meador +10 more
TL;DR: Moral injury, as measured by three scales, was robustly correlated with worse outcomes on various symptom measures and appeared to differentially predict mental illness symptomatology and diagnoses, with the BMIS predicting suicidality and alcohol and drug abuse as well as or better than other measures.
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Investigating risk for grief severity: Attachment to the deceased and relationship quality.
TL;DR: Findings indicate that specific attachment to the deceased differs significantly from global attachment style and that relationship quality and attachment anxiety and avoidance interact in significant ways to predict the risk of grief severity.
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Distinguishing the meaning making processes of survivors of suicide loss: An expansion of the meaning of loss codebook.
Jamison S. Bottomley,Melissa A. Smigelsky,Benjamin W Bellet,Lauren Flynn,Justin Price,Robert A. Neimeyer +5 more
TL;DR: The findings of this study contribute to a broader understanding of meaning making following suicide, strengthen the validity of the MLC by demonstrating its appropriateness for SOSL, and illuminate unique challenges faced by SOSl, resulting in the proposal of supplemental MLC codes.