Replication Data for: Reciprocal relations between job loss-related grief reactions and quality of job search behaviour: A cross-lagged analysis

Results. Anticipatory grief reactions significantly predicted post-loss grief intensity. Job search intensity and quality demonstrated shifting bidirectional relationships across time points.

Grief reactions showed primarily unidirectional effects: anticipatory grief negatively predicted job search quality, while post-loss grief unexpectedly enhanced job search intensity. Job search behaviours did not predict subsequent grief reactions. Conclusion.

This study establishes grief reactions as a distinct psychological barrier in return-to-work processes, with differential effects across loss phases suggesting that phase-specific support approaches may be needed.