Prediction of Parental Bereavement Experience Based on Attributional Style in Female Students with the Mediation of Psychological Well-Being

Losing a parent/parents is a traumatic event and its short-term and long-term consequences reduce the mental health of teenagers. The aim of this research was to predict the parental bereavement experience based on attributional style in female students with the mediation of psychological well-being.

The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of this research included all single-parent female students of the second secondary school in Kermanshah city in the first and second semesters of 2019-2019, totaling 750 people. 283 students were selected by cluster random method and entered the study. To collect data from demographic questionnaire, "Grief Experience Questionnaire", "Attributional Style Questionnaire" and "Psychological Well-Being Scale-Revised" were used. Content validity of the instruments was measured by qualitative method and reliability by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Structural equation model and SPSS .24 and AMOS. 24 were used for data analysis.

The indirect path coefficient between negative attribution style and bereavement (P<0.05, β=0.226) is positive and the indirect path coefficient between positive attribution style and bereavement (P<0.05, β=0.221) is negative and in the level of 0.05 was significant.

Positive and negative attributions predict bereavement with the mediation of psychological well-being. Therefore, it is suggested to strengthen the attributional style and psychological well-being of single-parent students in order to reduce bereavement in schools.