Balk D E, Vesta L C
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA.
Death Stud. 1998 Jan-Feb;22(1):23-41. doi: 10.1080/074811898201713.
Bereavement in the lives of college students is more prevalent than many persons realize. A survey replicated 4 times on the Kansas State University campus demonstrated that, at any point in time, over 25% of the students were in the 1st year of grief following the death of a family member and nearly 30% in the 1st year of grief following the death of a friend. Grief work can hinder traditional-age college students from resolving normal developmental tasks, such as forming autonomous lives, developing a clear sense of direction, and entering into lasting, intimate relationships. This article provides longitudinal case study information about a traditional-age college student following the death of her father. The data come from multiple sources. Data from the Impact of Events Scale document changes in intrusive and avoidant thoughts and images; journal entries show changes in the student's ongoing relationship with her father, coping with his death and subsequent events colored by her bereavement, and life lessons; data from the Grant Foundation Bereavement Inventory show changes in the student's attachment, reunion fantasies, disbelief about her father's death, identification with her father, and feelings of disloyalty as time passed. Comparisons are made to responses of 80 bereaved students who participated in a separate longitudinal study.
大学生生活中的丧亲之痛比许多人意识到的更为普遍。在堪萨斯州立大学校园进行的一项调查重复了4次，结果表明，在任何时候，超过25%的学生处于亲人去世后的第一年悲痛期，近30%的学生处于朋友去世后的第一年悲痛期。悲伤情绪可能会阻碍传统年龄段的大学生完成正常的发展任务，比如形成独立的生活、培养明确的方向感以及建立持久而亲密的关系。本文提供了一名传统年龄段大学生在父亲去世后的纵向案例研究信息。数据来自多个来源。事件影响量表的数据记录了侵入性和回避性思维及意象的变化；日记条目展示了该学生与父亲持续关系的变化、应对父亲去世及后续受丧亲之痛影响的事件的情况以及人生感悟；格兰特基金会丧亲量表的数据显示了随着时间推移，该学生在依恋、团聚幻想、对父亲去世的 disbelief（此处原文有误，可能是“disbelief”，意为怀疑、不信）、对父亲的认同以及不忠感等方面的变化。研究将这些数据与参与另一项单独纵向研究的80名丧亲学生的回答进行了比较。
