Closeness and Conflict With the Deceased Exploring the Factor Structure of the Quality of Relationships Inventory in a Bereaved Student Sample
Closeness and Conflict With the Deceased Exploring the Factor Structure of the Quality of Relationships Inventory in a Bereaved Student Sample
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10.1177/0030222817718959
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
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Neimeyer, Robert A.
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作者：
Bottomley, Jamison S.;Smigelsky, Melissa A.;Neimeyer, Robert A.
随着越来越多的经验证据表明，人际关系的亲密和冲突与死者死亡前的损失后的悲伤反应的显着预测，准确的实证检验这两个结构是非常重要的。尽管关系质量量表（QRI）在许多研究领域中具有实用性，但最初的工具并没有考虑到死亡前的哀悼者与死者的关系。因此，本研究澄清了一个修改后的QRI专注于死亡前的关系与死者的动态，可能有强烈的影响幸存者的丧亲轨迹的主要维度的因素结构。对386名失去亲人的成年人进行的探索性因素分析揭示了两个突出的因素，即亲密和冲突。这些结果表明，修改后的丧亲版本的QRI，指定的关系质量调查表丧亲版本，是很好的定位，以推进死亡学的研究，与可能的局限性指出，在范围内的关系，它是适用的。
With mounting empirical evidence that interpersonal closeness and conflict with the deceased prior to death are significant predictors of grief reactions following loss, accurate empirical examination of these two constructs is of high importance. Despite the utility of the Quality of Relationships Inventory (QRI) in numerous domains of research, the original instrument was not constructed with a predeath, mourner-decedent relationship in mind. Therefore, this study clarified the factor structure of a modified QRI focusing on major dimensions of the predeath relationship with the deceased-dynamics that could have strong implications for the survivor's bereavement trajectory. An exploratory factor analysis of 386 bereaved adults revealed two salient factors, deemed closeness and conflict. These results suggest that the modified bereavement version of the QRI, designated the Quality of Relationships Inventory-Bereavement version, is well positioned to advance research in thanatology, with possible limitations noted in the range of relationships to which it is applicable.