Grief Reactionsand Psychological Wellbeing of Parentally Bereaved Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya

This study investigates grief reactions and psychological wellbeing of parentally bereaved students in public secondary schools in Kisumu Central Sub-County. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design, the study target population was 841 parentally bereaved students in public secondary school students in Kisumu Central Sub County. Stratified random sampling was used to draw a sample size of 271 students. The participants completed an adapted version of the Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS21) and the Psychological Well-being (SPWB). There was a significant negative relationship between grief reactions and psychological wellbeing. The study recommends that Counselling Associations, in collaboration with school authorities and social workers should develop a grief therapy programthat could help to manage various grief reaction symptoms among students to improve their psychological wellbeing. Secondly, guidance and counseling teachers should constantly organize grief counseling for in-school adolescents who have lost their parents. It will help to identify their grief reactions in time and salvage the effects on their school activities