Resilience to loss in bereaved spouses, bereaved parents, and bereaved gay men

被引:180
作者
Bonanno, GA
Moskowitz, JT
Papa, A
Folkman, S
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Teachers Coll, Dept Counseling & Clin Psychol, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Osher Ctr Integrat Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
关键词
loss; bereavement; resilience; depression;
D O I
10.1037/0022-3514.88.5.827
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Recent research has indicated that many people faced with highly aversive events suffer only minor, transient disruptions in functioning and retain a capacity for positive affect and experiences. This article reports 2 studies that replicate and extend these findings among bereaved parents, spouses, and caregivers of a chronically ill life partner using a range of self-report and objective measures of adjustment. Resilience was evidenced in half of each bereaved sample when compared with matched, nonbereaved counterparts and 36% of the caregiver sample in a more conservative, repeated-measures ipsative comparison. Resilient individuals were not distinguished by the quality of their relationship with spouse/partner or caregiver burden but were rated more positively and as better adjusted by close friends.
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页码:827 / 843
页数:17
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