The Role of Social Support in the Relationship Between Adolescents’ Level of Loss and Grief and Well-Being

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Introduction
Today, it can be said that loss experiences are high due to wars, diseases, traumatic events and deaths due to negative economic, social and political developments, especially natural disasters all over the world. While the question of how the phenomenon of loss and grief affects the lives of adolescents as a universal phenomenon is tried to be answered in terms of adolescent mental health, more focus is needed to address the issue with short-term and long-term consequences on adolescents' development and harmony, as well as more focus is needed on the prevalence, effects and interventions of loss and mourning in adolescents.

Background
As a transition period, puberty requires navigating many areas and adapting to the resulting developmental challenges (Balk, 1996). It is a time of transformation that includes biological, psychological and social perspective (Weisz & Hawley, 2002). The formation of a sense of identity and improving the self-form are cornerstones of spiritual development (Noppe & Noppe, 2004). Although adolescence offers adolescents a number of opportunities for growth and development (Weisz & Hawley, 2002), adolescents experience many negative life experiences and losses while trying to overcome the developmental crisis of the period, and they try to deal with the syllabus that arises after these losses (Hogan & DeSantis, 2004). Accordingly, it should be noted that adolescents are at high risk both in relation to the developmental process and in terms of developing functional disorders related to the loss and the grieving process (Weisz & Hawley, 2002).

Loss and Grief
Death is a loss as the end of life and causes grief in individuals (Thompson, 2002). The loss covers many areas of life outside death. Losses in the literature include primary losses (death, divorce/separation, loss of work, moving, etc.) and the secondary loss accompanying primary losses (loss of relationships, friendship, security, identity, finance, stability, role, support system, loss of hopes, dreams and expectations, etc.). It should be noted here that secondary losses are as important as primary losses, the effects of loss are decisive, and no matter what kind, all these losses are real and bring along the grief (Humphrey, 2017). Conceptually, grief is severe and

Adolescent' Loss and Grief
In general, loss and grieving conditions are critical cases capable of affecting important aspects of life in adolescence. For example, social relations, autonomy, self-image, trust and maturity are among the clear aspects of this effect (Balk, 2011). Because bereaved adolescents do not just struggle to transition to a new era developmentally during this period, they also try to cope with the loss (Balk, Zaengle, & Corr, 2011). While adolescents' losses and coping with grieving process and returning to the old level of functionality may reduce well-being, decreased well-being may also complicate coping with grief. Indeed, it is emphasized that the behavioral problems that arise following adolescents' stressful life events are associated with a decrease in well-being (Suldo & Huebner, 2004).
Although it is suggested that children and adolescents' forms of expressing grief are similar, but are different from adults (Corr, 2013), adolescents' process of coping with losses and grieving responses are much more complex than that of children and adults. These losses can cause more difficulties, especially with changes that accompany development in adolescence. The losses at a time when there are developmental struggles of adolescence, such as identity development, gaining autonomy, separation from parents, defining career choices and the formation of close relationships, have significant difficulties in the grieving process (Noppe & Noppe, 2004). Another important factor in terms of the difference in this process is the adolescent's view on death. According to Raphael (1997), "death, according to the teenager, is a curse", because everything in adolescent's life emphasizes life, change, growth. The development of body, the excitement of developing thought processes, the attractive world of adulthood and power are now very close, and all of this makes death seem impossible for the adolescent. The teenager reluctantly confronts grief, as if he had been attacked, through encountering a reality that has no place in his world. Since the reality of death is often not a place in adolescents' lives, the grieving processes are different (Corr, 2013). Indeed, adolescents may react differently in the process of loss and grief; they can take attempts to suppress their existing feelings. Some of these reactions include idealizing the deceased, avoiding reminders of the person who is lost, thinking only good things towards the person who died (Worden, 2001).
Different reactions may occur in the period of development in the mourning process, and adolescents' responses to the law may differ from adults. In this respect, the reactions to loss in adolescents are classified as follows: Cognitive responses (regression, loss of certain skills, communication difficulties, confusion), emotional responses (increased dependence on others, sadness, depression and anxiety, guilt, anger and shame et al.), behavioral responses (childish behavior regression, obsessive and repetitive speech, aggression and ies.ccsenet.org International Education Studies Vol. 13, No. 12; disobedience, self-control or discipline, alcohol or drug use, reluctance to go to school), physical responses (headache, shock, sleep problems, lack of appetite, avoidance of others and social context, inability to deal with built-in and regular routines, etc.) (Weymont & Rae, 2006). Attig (1996) states that the deep loss of death means that life changes forever. Familial losses such as the death and divorce of family member/members are indicated. Among the major life events that most affect adolescents' well-being during this period (McCullough, Huebner & Laughlin, 2000). Thus, in terms of protecting and strengthening adolescents' mental health, it is considered an important element of support to provide adolescents with healthy coping skills with lost and grief (Hansen, Cavanaugh, Vaughan, et al., 2009). Therefore, although grief after death and other casualties is considered a universal phenomenon, it should be taken into account how grief is experienced and the reactions shown against grief can become more complex when it comes to adolescents.

Effects of Loss on Adolescents
Adolescence refers to a crisis as a period of life characterized by confusion, confusion and uncertainty. The death of a loved one during this period, unlike adults and children, could create more rebellion in adolescents (Oltejenbruns, 2007). Increasing negative emotions after a significant loss can make identity formation difficult by increasing adolescent's vulnerability, threatening the meaning or beliefs of his/her life (McCarthy, 2007). However, adolescents can show their grief directly through their behavior and express their distress. Sometimes due to stress caused by the suffering, adolescents may turn to out-of-control behaviors such as anger explosions, crime-related actions, school denial, playback, risk-taking behavior, drug-taking and trying with the aim of drawing attention and reducing tension (Raphael, 1997). Adolescents in the grieving process can withdraw and isolate themselves, depending on the feeling different from their peers. These reactions can also be further enhanced by their feelings of isolation while limiting their opportunities to express their feelings and providing support from others (Davies, 2013).
On the other hand, the case of loss includes losses other than death, leading to a number of difficulties in non-death losses, disrupting the well-being of adolescents. Indeed, it is indicated that emotional losses other than parental death cause behavioral and emotional reactions in adolescents, with 63% of adolescents whose mothers are in prison suffer a loss of attachment (Poehlmann, 2005); separation of parents or divorce process also causes grieving reactions in children (ACATLGN_grief_and_loss). Similarly, it is stated that adolescents who lost their homes in the earthquake have intense negative behavioral reactions (Sabuncuoğlu, Çevikaslan, & Berkem, 2003). It is challenging for adolescents in terms of their well-being at the loss of parents' work or loss of caretaker. It is indicated that, especially after losses, adolescents become more open to abuse, they have difficulty dealing with these losses, and they made direct towards alcohol or violence (Dizer, 2008). It is emphasized that that there is an increase in risky behaviors and criminal behaviors by worsening psychological outcomes with the decrease in post-loss social support (Walker & Shaffer, 2007). In studies carried out with war-torn children and adolescents, among the most severe traumatic lives in terms of multiple losses, the importance of healthy functioning of psychosocial support mechanisms is emphasized in reducing the traumatic effect (Erden & Gurdil, 2009).

Well-Being in Adolescent
The issue of well-being is discussed in conjunction with areas of well-being, goodness, state of goodness, subjective goodness and psychological well-being in positive psychology (Kern, Benson, Steinberg, & Steinberg, 2016). Well-being involves a person's realization when faced with adversity and his/her potential for a meaningful life (Ryff & Singer, 1996). While well-being is associated with the good life, it emphasizes that negative emotions are part of life and that it is not possible to have a constant well-being. Therefore, it refers to a way of life in which the individual takes on his/her own responsibility for maintaining, continuing and developing well-being in integrity (Rffy & Keyes, 1995). As an auxiliary and partnering resource in dealing with negative emotions and sustaining life, it is clear that well-being (Huppert, 2009) will contribute positively to adolescent health. It will be important to focus on increasing the well-being of adolescents who especially experience loss and who are the process of grieving.

Social Support in Adolescent
Social support plays a highly functional role in human life during particularly stressful events, especially on mental health and together with its effect on emotions, cognition and behavior among individuals . Cohen and Wills (1985) evaluates the impact of social support in two ways: First, in the main effect hypothesis, social relationships are beneficial for people under stress; having large social networks offers people regular positive experiences and socially rewarded roles in society. This type of support provides a positive effect on the

Process
During the process of data collection from participants, it was indicated that voluntariness was essential in the process, and informed consents were taken in writing, and personal information was not included in the process by indicating that their information would not be used outside of research within the scope of personal data confidentiality. For the application, support was received from the school psychological counselor, the application was carried out in a classroom environment as a group.

Measures
Personal Information Form; it consists of two parts. First, the study contains information towards determining adolescents' gender, age and class levels, as well as academic achievement level, parental work status, family income level, parent marital status, and whether they received psychological support in the last 1 year. The second part includes adolescents' loss experiences to determine their losses, and the adolescents were asked to state their losses. In this section, adolescents' loss experiences were evaluated using frequency and percentage values and presented in descriptive findings.
Grief Scale was developed to identify physical, emotional, intellectual and behavioral changes that occurred after the loss of a loved one or ones. The Scale is a 5-type Likert scale, consisting of a total of 35 items and four sub-dimensions. These sub-dimensions include physical, cognitive, behavioral and emotional responses shown in the face of grief. Cronbach alpha coefficient calculated to determine the internal consistency of the scale is .96. Retest reliability coefficient was found to be .84 (Balcı-Çelik, 2006).  (1989; 1991) to assess children and adolescents' perceptions on the social support received from their families, friends (close friends and classmates) and teachers. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the entire scale was found to be .93; test re-test reliability coefficient for the entire scale was found to be .49 (p< 0.01). The two-half reliability of the scale (Guttman) was determined as .82 (Gökler, 2007).

Data Analyses
Prior to conducting the structural equation modeling, preliminary analyses were performed to examine the correlations between variables, descriptive statistics, and analysis assumptions. Normality was checked using skewness and kurtosis scores and their cut-off values (Curran, West & Finch, 1996;Kline, 2015). Pearson correlation analysis was then performed to investigate the association between study variables. After conducting the preliminary analyses, the structural equation model was used to examine the mediator role of the social support in the association between grief and well-being among adolescents. Common data-model fit statistics and their cut-off scores were used to assess goodness of fit for structural model: comparative fit index (CFI) and Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) ≥ .90 = adequate and ≥ .95 = close data-model fit; root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) ≤ .08 = adequate, and ≤ .05 = good data-model fit (Hooper, Coughlan & Mullen, 2008;Kline, 2015). Findings from the structural model were also interpreted using the standardized path coefficients (β) and squared-multiple correlations (R 2 ): 01-.059 = small, .06-.139 = moderate, and ≥ .14 = large . All analyses were performed using SPSS version 25 and AMOS version 24.

Results
This study tested a model developed to examine the role of social support in the relationship between adolescents' level of loss and grief and their psychological well-being. The findings of the study are as follows, ies.ccsenet.org International Education Studies Vol. 13, No. 12; respectively; the demographic findings of the participants, results of descriptive statistics and correlations, and finally the results of proposed model tested.

The Participants' Demographic Characteristics
When the findings of the participants' demographic characteristics are examined; participants evaluated their academic achievements, and 63 adolescents indicated their academic achievement at low level (27.3%), 103 of them in moderate level (44.6%), and 50 adolescents in high level (28.2%). In addition, in the findings of adolescents' families, it was indicated that 95 of them had low family income (42.9%), 106 of them had moderate level of income (47%), and 15 of them had high level of income (11%). While mothers of 116 participants (52.5%) have a job, mothers of 100 participants (47.5%) do not work; while fathers of 190 participants (88.2%) have a job, fathers of 190 participants (11.8%) do not work. When data on family integrity is examined; 26 adolescents' parents (12.03%) are divorced; 176 adolescents' parents (81.48%) live together, and the parents of 14 adolescents (6.48%) live separately. In addition, when the data obtained on whether participants received psychological support in the last year was examined; it was determined that 29 participants (13.42%) received psychological support, while 187 participants (86.58%) did not receive support.

Findings on Participants' Loss Experiences
Participants were asked to indicate their loss experiences throughout their lives, and the findings were presented in Table 1. As shown in Table 1, loss experiences reported by participants are as follows: losing a close relative by death reported by 113 participants (48.9%); the death of someone loved outside the family reported by 94 participants (40.07%); experiencing separations in the form of divorce/separation/leaving home by 27 participants (11.7%); being subjected to violence or abuse in the family (physical, sexual, emotional and economic abuse) by 13 participants (5.6%); being exposed to violence or abuse outside of family (physical, physical, sexual, emotional and economic abuse exposure) by 17 participants (7.45%); relocation and school replacement by 55 participants (23.8%); experiencing health problems and loss of health/chronic diseases by 25 participants (10.8%); experiencing mental problems by 23 participants (10%); loss of academic success by 62 participants (26.8%); natural disasters (earthquakes, earthquakes, earthquakes, flooding, fire) by 72 participants (31.2%); separation from their favorite friends by 85 participants (36.2%); leaving their loved ones by 52 participants (22.5%); school escape/school leave by 12 participants (5.2%); traffic accident by 7 participants (3%); their parents experiencing job loss by 22 participants (9.5%); experiencing addiction (smoking, alcohol, substance) by 24 participants (10.4%); economic losses/foreclosure to the family by 10 participants (4.3%); close witnessing to ies.ccsenet. the loss of growing...  Vol. 13, No. 12; grief. Grief directly and significantly predicted the social support of adolescents (β=-.20, p<.001) but did not significantly predict their well-being (β= -.04, p= .582). Social support fully mediated in the association between grief and well-being (β=.36, p<.001). Additionally, the loss was not a significant predictor of well-being (β=-.12, p= .070). Grief accounted for 4% of the total variance in social support, and all variables, together, accounted for 16% of the total variance in well-being. These results suggested the importance of social support in explaining the effect of loss and grief on adolescent well-being. The structural model indicating the mediating effect of social support on the link of grief with well-being is presented in Figure 2.

Discussion
This study was conducted to examine the role of the role of social support in the relationship between adolescents' level of loss and grief and their psychological well-being. When the results of the study were examined, it was determined that, first, adolescents had different loss experiences in many areas such as death and outside death, depending on prevalence of loss experiences among adolescents, and that they feel grief depending on these experiences. This situation shows that the prevalence of adolescents' loss experiences is important in terms of recognizing the increasing psychological support needs due to grief. In the world, when were examine the results on the prevalence of losses, there are very striking results. Due to factors such as wars, natural disasters, epidemics, social turmoil and economic problems, etc., the number of orphans in the world is increasing day by day. According to 2015 figures from the United Nations (UN), there are more than 140 million children with parental losses in the world (https://www.un.org.). It is stated that at least 6.5% of children around the world have at least one parental loss (WHO, 2017). It was determined that similar findings were found in the study conducted by Akyüz (2019); 44.9% of adolescents lost any relatives (parents, brother, grandmother/grandfather, aunt, uncle), experienced levels of grief, they experienced moderate cognitive changes and levels of behavioral changes due to grief. These results are important for adolescents to demonstrate the prevalence of loss experiences and the importance of understanding the grieving process. Although these results show the prevalence of death-related losses, we can see how important the phenomenon of loss and mourning in adolescents is, with the prevalence of non-death losses.
In the study, a negative and meaningful relationship was determined between adolescents' loss and grieving process and their well-being. In parallel with this result, it was stated in other studies revealing the impact of the level of loss on well-being that adolescents' losses and the grief after these losses were associated with many problems in terms of psychological well-being. It is noted that especially loss experiences such as loss of experience, divorce, childhood trauma, decreased school success and economic level negatively affect adolescents' well-being (Harrison & Harrington, 2001). It is also emphasized that adolescents are more likely to experience symptoms of psychopathology in the future as well as problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder similar to those of adults after loss (Erden & Gürdil, 2009). Among these problems are crime, anger, compliance problems, suicide, alcohol and smoking, school leave and antisocial behavior, drug use, risky sexual relationships (Noppe & Noppe, 2004;Walker & Shaffer, 2007;Worden, 2001). Based on these results, as the loss experiences of adolescents increase, it is observed that they face many problems and their well-being decreases.
In the field literature, this finding is supported by studies that emphasize low levels of well-being as the level of loss and grief increases (Hughes & Waite, 2009). The emergence of many mental, physical and behavioral symptoms for adolescents, especially during the loss and mourning process, can contribute to the decrease in well-being due to the inability or prolongation of the grief process in a healthy way. Because the inability to deal with loss can slow down the adolescent's personality development; it may cause him/her to lose family, school and social functionality (Dyregrov & Dyregrov, 2008). The intense occurrence of potentially negative emotions during the loss and grief process can make it difficult for adolescents to manage these feelings effectively, leading to a decrease in psychological well-being. As a matter of fact, the high negative sensation expresses individual's low well-being and unhappiness; it can also interfere with the functionality of the individual as an indication that the individual's life is deteriorating (Diener, 2006). Therefore, it is especially important that adults realize that even small losses in children and adolescents can have significant effects and then affect how they react to large losses (Weymont & Rae, 2006). Therefore, it will be important to focus on well-beings of adolescents' experiencing loss and grief.
In another finding of the study, it was determined that there was a negative and meaningful relationship between grief and social support. This result is important for adolescents to reveal that the level of grief will decrease as social support increases in the process of loss and grief. Reviewing the literature; it is emphasized that a person with enough sources of social support feels better and copes with stress conditions more successfully (Cohen, Gottlieb & Underwood, 2000), that family support is the predictor of general psychological stress and emotional problems (Demaray, Malecki, Davidson, Hodgson, & Rebus, 2005). It should also be noted that there may be an increase in the need for social support the adolescent who loses the person he/she loves, and the adolescent may be more focused on receiving help from social bonds such as family, relatives or friends who are more personal. Losses, such as parental death, divorce or abandonment, can mean a loss of social support in adolescents and lead to a decrease in their psychological health and well-being. On the other hand, it should be noted that adolescents may need professional assistance, especially when social support networks are not sufficient, and adolescents do not want to reflect their painful, sad and grieved state to people around them (Benkel, Wijk, & Molander, 2009).
In the grief literature, it is indicated that the role of other/surviving parent is important in the child or adolescent's compliance with the death of a family member. However, grieving parents have many tasks to deal with their children's loss, maintaining the continuity of the family as well as maintaining their own grief and managing family and friend relationships (Horsley & Patterson, 2006). Therefore, adolescents may not get enough support from their grieving parents in this process. If there is not enough support after the loss, surviving children and adolescents suffer double loss, both the death of a family member and a loss of support from their grieving parents (DeVita-Raeburn, 2004). At the same time, grieving adolescents may try to camouflage their parents' happiness and grief as a defense mechanism to protect them (Balk, Zaengle, & Corr, 2011). Being emotionally isolated from parents during this period will be risky for adolescent harmony and well-being as it hampers the integration and restructuring in the grieving process (Charles & Charles, 2006).
In the study, it was determined that there was a significant relationship between the social support and well-being that adolescents perceive. According to this result, it is seen that high levels of social support for adolescents contribute to psychological well-being. One study found that the level of social support received from the family is the best indicator of emotional problems in early adolescence (Helsen, Vollebergh, & Meeus, 2000), there is a positive-oriented significant relationship between social support and positive emotions (feeling good, positive perception of events, mental health, etc.) (Meehan, Durlak, & Bryant, 1993). Stress-protective effect of social support (Cohen & Wills, 1985), because of creating difficulty in dealing with stressful situations, thus contributing to the individual's physical and psychological well-being (Diener, 2006), social support, social networks and interpersonal relationships are considered important variables for well-being (Murphy & Murphey 2006). It is indicated that social support is a strong predictor of well-being in terms of containing assistance from close people when an individual is faced with a problem or wants to relax emotionally (Kim, 2000), that being in a social network will help avoid many negative experiences and allows adolescents to experience more positive emotions (Cohen & Wills, 1985).
While it is emphasized that social support is associated with variables with positive development in adolescents (Wentworth & Parks, 2006), the concept of high self-esteem is positively associated with high level of social skills and adaptation (Demaray & Malecki, 2002); it is seen that insufficient social and emotional support (inability to accept, lack of being understood, emotional isolation, lack of empathy, etc.) is the predictor of behavioral problems and non-compliance in adolescents, and an important risk factor in terms of well-being (Crosnoe & Needham, 2004). In addition, it is emphasized that high family and friend support and positive family relationships significantly predict subjective and psychological well-being (Cenkseven & Akbaş, 2007). It was found in another study that parental loss and divorce were associated with low levels of physical and mental well-being, divorced family children had lower good formation, greater difficulty in compliance and more conflict in family relationships than children of families living together (Hetherington, 2003). These results are important in terms of showing that strengthening social support sources and supporting adolescents in effective use of social support will increase their well-being.
As a source of social support, schools and teachers provide a very important boost in responding to crises and traumas affecting young people because of their relationships, and in dealing with the loss and grief they experience. Adolescents need more help from their peers as well as their teachers to make sense of their world after loss (Rowling, 2008). In this context, social support plays an important protective role in the grieving process with the school teacher and peer relations in which adolescents are in intense relations. According to Humprey (2017), it is important to help individuals in the process of reaching adequate social support resources. These results are important in terms of emphasizing the fact that adequate social support has a very important role in adolescents in the mourning process; there is a necessity for effective prevention and intervention studies towards strengthening mental health by increasing adolescents' well-being and social support during grieving process.
In terms of social support, it is also very important to see the need for peer relationships increasing in the nature of adolescence. As a matter of fact, peer support is also very important for good formation as social and emotional support. That is because peer support is associated with low emotional distress (Wentzel, 1998), high subjective well-being and positive feelings (Chou, 1999), and high self-esteem (Lackovic-Grgin & Dekovic 1994). As peer support increases, while there is a decrease in stress and psychological symptoms, the level of harmony and coping increases. Therefore, it is also considered important to strengthen peer support in grieving adolescents, to give them the opportunity to form supportive relationships with their peers, and to help more bereaved family members. This is especially critical for the adolescent in the process of loss and grief.
LaFreniere and Cain (2015) indicated that adolescents in grief had better sources of support for their close friends; adolescents were more open and willing to talk about death with a close friend. As the natural support of adolescents in grief who have experienced parental loss in particular, the peer group, which is not directly affected by the death of their parent, is a continuous and empowering booster to the adolescent. In parallel with this statement, it is reported that 48% of grieving teens receive the highest level of support from a peer (Gray, 1989), that adolescents prefer to be with their peers to get rid of their grieving families at home during the grief process (Christ, 2000).
In the results obtained in the research's mediation model test, it was determined that social support in adolescents was a complete mediating role in the relationship between grief and well-being. According to this finding, the high level of social support in the loss and mourning process of adolescents makes it easier to cope with grief and positively affects their well-beings. In the studies that support this result, it has been indicated that, while it is emphasized that social support resources that are owned can change the negative effect because it adds multiple options to the connection between the stressful event and the result by affecting the way an individual copes, it reduce the risk of psychological discomfort (Dalgard, Bjørk, & Tambs, 1995). Maier and Lachman (2000) also indicated in their study that family support as a source of social support plays a mediating role in the relationship between divorce and well-being. Here, the protective and buffering effect of social support in the event of a person's stress exposure, as well as the effect of maintaining mental health by reducing the negative impact of stressful life events (Lin, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2009) is a significant effect for adolescents in the grief process. In the findings in the form of high social support and health and low levels of psychopathology (Eisengart, Singer, Fulton, & Baley, 2003), they reveal the importance of social support in the grief process for adolescents (Benkel, Wijk, & Molander, 2009). In addition, it is stated that social support for the grieving adolescent acts as a protective factor, and that having enough social support in and around the family significantly affects the grieving process and adolescent's compliance with loss (Worden, 2001). Wight, Botticello, and Aneshensel (2006) have found that high levels of perceived social support from family, friends or other adults have a mental health protective effect for adolescents coming from low socio-economic level, and that social support decreases disadvantages of socio-economic level on mental health.

Implications of the Study
Consequently, this research found that level of loss and grief in adolescents and social support predict well-being significantly, and it has a full intermediary effect on the relationship between grief and well-being. These results reveal that social support is an important variable in announcing the impact of loss and grief on adolescents' well-being. Richman, Rosenfeld and Bowen (1998) emphasize the importance of two important functions of social support to contribute to harmony and development in all individuals and to protect against stress. In this context, in adolescents who experience loss and need more social support, it can be thought that low social support will be negatively reflected in adolescent's compliance and development, as well as the adolescent will be vulnerable to the loss-related stress. In this sense, it is seen how important adequate social support has become in increasing psychological well-being for adolescents in the grieving process.

Limitations
There are some limitations to the research. First, it is thought that reaching participants using an easily accessible sampling method will create a limit on the generality of the findings. Therefore, it is important to work with more inclusive and different sample groups in future studies. It is thought as another limitation that the participants are made up of adolescents with loss and grief and who continue to secondary education, and that adolescents other than high school education are excluded from this study.