Examining the delayed grief hypothesis across 5 years of bereavement
Examining the delayed grief hypothesis across 5 years of bereavement
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DOI:
10.1177/0002764201044005007
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发表时间:
2001-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Field, NP
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作者:
Bonanno, GA;Field, NP
Traditional bereavement theories emphasize that it is crucial to work through the emotional meanings of a loss and that the failure to do so typically results in delayed grief symptoms. This article reports data examining these assumptions prospectively across the first 5 years of bereavement. Based on previous validity data, elevated symptoms were defined in terms of 6-month median scores for each measure. Delayed elevations were observed on isolated measures for 3 (7%) participants. However; these elevations were more parsimoniously explained by random measurement error. Furthermore, when a weighted grief-depression composite score was used to maximize the probability of capturing the true (latent) grief variable, not a single case of delayed symptom elevations was observed Finally, data on emotional processing of the loss at 6 months failed to support the traditional assumption that minimal emotional processing of the loss would lead to delayed grief.