Parents grieving the loss of their child: interdependence in coping.

نویسندگان

  • Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij
  • Margaret Stroebe
  • Henk Schut
  • Wolfgang Stroebe
  • Jan van den Bout
  • Peter G M van der Heijden
  • Iris Dijkstra
چکیده

OBJECTIVES A longitudinal study was conducted among bereaved parents, to examine the relationship between parents' own and their partners' ways of coping in terms of the constructs loss-orientation and restoration-orientation (coping strategies based on the bereavement-specific Dual Process Model (Stroebe & Schut, 1999)), and psychological adjustment following the death of their child. METHOD 219 couples participated at 6, 13 and 20 months post-loss. Use of the Actor Partner Interdependence Model within multi-level regression analyses enabled assessment of both actor as well as partner effects, and permitted differentiating these effects according to the gender of the parent. RESULTS Loss-orientation was predictive of negative psychological adjustment, while restoration-orientation was related to better adjustment. Furthermore, high levels of restoration-oriented coping buffered the negative effect of high levels of loss-orientation on depression. In the interpersonal context, results indicated that for men, having a female partner high in restoration-oriented coping was related to positive adjustment. CONCLUSION In coping with the loss of their child, intra-personal as well as interpersonal processes are relevant for the adjustment process of parents after the loss of their child.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of clinical psychology

دوره 47 Pt 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008