A co-twin--control study of response to widowhood.
A co-twin--control study of response to widowhood.
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对守寡反应的双胞胎对照研究。
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/51b.5.p279
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发表时间：
1996
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McClearn,GE
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作者：
Lichtenstein,P;Gatz,M;Pedersen,NL;Berg,S;McClearn,GE
研究人员对 1984 年至 1993 年间 2,104 名瑞典双胞胎进行了调查，研究了长期和近期丧亲之痛的影响。在同卵双胞胎对照分析中，与已婚同卵双胞胎相比，失去亲人的双胞胎经历了更多的抑郁症状、更多的孤独感和更低的生活满意度。对于最近丧偶（<3 年）的男女来说，这种关联都存在。长期丧偶（>5年）的人比已婚者更感到孤独，而且女性的生活满意度也存在差异。丧亲之痛对感知的身体健康没有影响。个体分析包括所有受访者，无论双胞胎的丧亲状况如何，都显示出相同的结果模式。还有证据表明，配偶去世前抑郁症状的加剧表明了丧偶的预期效应。最后，纵向分析表明，年轻时比年老时失去亲人的压力更大，但适应能力没有年龄差异。
The effects of long-term and recent conjugal bereavement were investigated in a sample of 2,104 Swedish twins followed between 1984 and 1993. In co-twin-control analyses, the bereaved twin experienced significantly more depressive symptoms, more loneliness, and less life satisfaction than the married co-twin. This association existed for recently widowed (<3 years) of both sexes. Long-term widowed (>5 years) reported more loneliness than married individuals, and for women there was also a difference in life satisfaction. There were no effects of bereavement on perceived physical health. Individual analyses, which included all respondents regardless of the co-twin's bereavement status, showed the same pattern of results. There was also evidence for an anticipation effect of widowhood indicated by elevated depressive symptoms prior to the spouse's death. Finally, longitudinal analyses showed that it is more stressful to be bereaved when young-old than old-old, but revealed no age differences in adaptation.