Event Centrality and Bereavement Symptomatology: The Moderating Role of Meaning Made
Event Centrality and Bereavement Symptomatology: The Moderating Role of Meaning Made
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DOI：
10.1177/0030222816679659
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发表时间：
2018-11-01
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2
通讯作者：
Berman, Jeffrey S.
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作者：
Bellet, Benjamin W.;Neimeyer, Robert A.;Berman, Jeffrey S.
失去亲人的个人身份的中心地位与更大的症状相关，而失去的意义则与积极的结果相关。本文探讨了作为事件中心性和症状学之间关系的调节因素的意义。我们的样本由 204 名失去亲人的本科生组成。使用事件中心量表评估中心性，使用压力生活经历整合量表评估意义，并使用创伤后应激障碍清单-平民和复杂悲伤清单-修订版评估症状。意义对中心性和症状学测量之间的关系有显着的调节作用。在较低的意义水平上，中心性与症状有很强的正相关性。当意义达到更高层次时，这种关联就会变得更弱。这些结果表明，意义创造是理解中心性如何影响丧亲结果的关键。
The centrality of a loss to a bereaved individual's identity is associated with greater symptomatology, whereas meaning made of a loss is associated with positive outcomes. This article examines meaning made as a moderator of the relationship between event centrality and symptomatology. Our sample consisted of 204 bereaved undergraduate university students. Centrality was assessed using the Centrality of Events Scale, meaning made was assessed using the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale, and symptomatology was assessed using the posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist-Civilian and Inventory of Complicated Grief-Revised. Meaning made had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between centrality and both measures of symptomatology. At lower levels of meaning made, centrality had a strong and positive association with symptomatology; at higher levels of meaning made, this association became weaker. These results suggest that meaning made is the key to understanding how centrality affects bereavement outcomes.