Adjustment to spousal bereavement : A5-year longitudinal study

本研究旨在探讨丧亲者如何及何时科普丧亲之痛。该研究包括三个纵向调查，2000年和2002年有276名受试者，2005年有135名受试者（55名男性和80名女性）。关于他们是否已经从丧夫之痛中恢复过来的问题，随着调查的重复，回答“完全恢复”的人数有所增加，在2005年的调查中，这一数字达到了60%。因此，在面对丧亲之痛时，丧亲时间的长短在意识层面上起着至关重要的作用.为了评估心理幸福感，1893名非丧亲男性和女性作为对照组进行了比较。丧亲组的心理幸福感明显低于对照组。特别是那些一开始表现出中度恶化的老年人，在调查的五年内几乎没有好转。另一方面，对照组在心理健康方面表现出更好的结果，尽管他们确实表现出很大的退化。结论：丧亲者的恢复主要体现在意识层面，但仅限于心理幸福感层面。为了进行定性评估，还对21名男性进行了调查，他们在第三次调查中被认为在日常生活中特别困难。许多人认为他们已经从悲痛中恢复过来，但有些人清楚地意识到他们没有。有些人认为这是强大的心态，有助于科普丧亲之痛，但对一些人来说，这是哭。丧妻之痛的男人，他们的心态和面对丧妻之痛的方式各不相同。

This study was conducted to reveal how and when the bereaved cope with grief of spousal bereavement. The study consisted with three longitudinal surveys with 276 subjects in 2000 and 2002, and 135 subjects (55 male and 80 female) in 2005.1. To the question of if they have recovered from grief of spousal bereavement, the increased number of people answered "completely recovered" as the survey was repeated, where in the survey of 2005, the number reached to 60 % of the subject. Therefore in coping with bereavement, length of time passed since the bereavement played a vital role on consciousness level.2. To evaluate psychological well-being, 1893 non-bereaved male and female were compared as a control group. The bereaved group was distinctly worse in psychological well-being than the control group. Especially the older people who at first showed moderate deterioration hardly became better within five years period of the survey. On the other hand, the control group showed better result in mental health even though they did show great degradation. In conclusion recovery of the bereaved was seen in consciousness level but were limited on the level of psychological well-being.3. To evaluate qualitatively, the survey was further conducted with 21 male who, at the third survey, especially were seen to have hardship in daily life. Many thought they had recovered from grief but some were clearly aware they had not. Some felt it was strong mentality that helps to cope with the bereavement, but for some it was to cry. Mentality of those men bereaved of their wives varies greatly as well as their way of coping with bereavement.