Resilience to loss in bereaved spouses, bereaved parents, and bereaved gay men
Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Affect; P.H.S.; Research Support; U.S. Gov't; Psychological; bereavement; Parents/psychology; N.I.H.; Social Behavior; Interview; Homosexuality; Male/psychology; Extramural; Spouses/psychology
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.
2005
Bonanno GA; Moskowitz JT; Papa A; Folkman S
Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology
2005
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Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.88.5.827" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037/0022-3514.88.5.827</a>
Emotionally focused interventions for couples with chronically ill children: a 2-year follow-up
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Follow-Up Studies; Treatment Outcome; Ontario; Time Factors; Cost of Illness; Analysis of Variance; Family Characteristics; Stress; Preschool; Adaptation; Psychological; Parents/psychology; Intervention; Interventions; Chronic Disease/psychology; Spouses/psychology; Marriage/psychology; Psychological/etiology; Marital Therapy/methods
Couples with chronically ill children are particularly at risk for experiencing marital distress. The study presented here is a 2-year follow-up of a randomized control trial that assessed the efficacy of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in decreasing marital distress in a sample of couples with a chronically ill child. Thirteen couples with chronically ill children who received treatment were assessed to determine if the significant improvement in relationship distress observed at posttreatment and 5-month follow-up would be maintained at 2-year follow-up. Results demonstrated that improvements in marital functioning were not only maintained but, in some cases, enhanced at the 2-year follow-up. This uncontrolled follow-up study provides initial evidence of the longer-term benefits of EFT.
2002
Cloutier PF; Manion IG; Walker JG; Johnson SM
Journal Of Marital And Family Therapy
2002
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb00364.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb00364.x</a>
Predictors of husbands' and wives' grief reactions following infant death: the role of marital intimacy
Humans; infant; Fetal Death; Grief; Questionnaires; Follow-Up Studies; Infant Mortality; Newborn; Parent caregivers; Marriage; Spouses/psychology
This follow-up study examined how bereaved couples' grief reactions change over time and how the quality of the marriage can predict these reactions for men and women. A group of 31 bereaved couples who 2 to 4 years earlier had lost an infant ( greater than 20 weeks gestation and less than 1 year of age) were revisited in their home 24 months after the initial home visit. With the exception of somatization, couples' grief reactions were less intense at follow-up than at the initial visit. Overall, husbands experienced less guilt, meaninglessness, yearning, and morbid fear than wives. Both husbands and wives who reported lower levels of marital intimacy soon after the loss experienced more intense grief at follow-up. Finally, couples continued to be vulnerable to a resurgence of grief even years later.
1996
Lang A; Gottlieb LN; Amsel R
Death Studies
1996
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1080/07481189608253410" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1080/07481189608253410</a>
Psychosocial Health Outcomes for Family Caregivers Following the First Year of Bereavement
Bereavement; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Caregivers/ Psychology; Depression/epidemiology/etiology; Health Status; Humans; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychological Tests; Psychology; Social Adjustment; Spouses/psychology; Stress Psychological/epidemiology; Stress Psychological/etiology; Time Factors; Young Adult
The authors examined psychosocial outcomes following the first year of bereavement, for 51 family caregivers, including both spouses and offspring. Researchers assessed caregivers during palliative care and again during the second year of bereavement, for social functioning, depression, and distress. For all family caregivers, only depression scores declined significantly between T1 and T2 (p < 0.05). Caregiver relationship and gender did not make a difference in recovery. Results demonstrate that poor psychosocial health outcomes exist beyond the first year of bereavement. Early identification of these caregivers is necessary to provide mental health professionals the opportunity to intervene proactively.
Masterson MP; Hurley KE; Zaider T; Corner G; Schuler T; Kissane DW
Death Studies
2015
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.985406">10.1080/07481187.2014.985406</a>