Saiki-Craighill S
Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2001 Nov-Dec;18(6):260-7. doi: 10.1053/jpon.2001.28453.
This study describes what Japanese mothers experience after losing a child to cancer. Twenty-four Japanese women who had lost a child to cancer were interviewed periodically, and qualitative methods were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the mothers experienced a numbing of emotions that was followed by a grieving period that included depression and difficulties dealing with the outside world. As they moved out of depression, however, the mothers started changing their emotional state, recognizing the positive aspects of their experience, and feeling that they were able to control their situations and that their deceased children were "all right." As a result, they constructed a story of their children's lives and deaths in relation to their own lives. The waves of sadness that they experienced continued but gradually stabilized.
本研究描述了日本母亲在因癌症失去孩子后的经历。对24位因癌症失去孩子的日本女性进行了定期访谈，并采用定性方法分析数据。结果显示，母亲们经历了情感麻木，随后进入悲伤期，包括抑郁以及应对外部世界的困难。然而，当她们走出抑郁状态时，母亲们开始改变自己的情绪状态，认识到自身经历的积极方面，并感到自己能够掌控局面，且她们已故的孩子“一切都好”。结果，她们构建了一个关于孩子生死与自己生活相关的故事。她们所经历的悲伤浪潮持续存在，但逐渐趋于平稳。
