Bisconti Toni L, Bergeman Cindy S, Boker Steven M
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 03824, USA.
Psychol Aging. 2006 Sep;21(3):590-9. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.3.590.
The variability pattern of emotional well-being in recent widows across a 98-day period beginning in the first month post-loss has previously been modeled by dynamical systems and shown to be an oscillating process that damps across time. The goal of the present study was to examine how variables that comprise the social support network predict characteristics of these emotional shifts in 28 recent widows. In the present study, emotional support seeking led to a steeper overall trend, whereas perceived control for social support led to a shallower overall trend. When examining intraindividual variability, instrumental support seeking predicted a slower damping rate. Understanding the individual differences in the variability patterns of recent widows is a necessary step in identifying the etiology of adjustment to widowhood.
在丧亲后的第一个月开始的98天内，近期丧偶女性情绪幸福感的变化模式此前已通过动态系统进行建模，并显示为一个随时间衰减的振荡过程。本研究的目的是检验构成社会支持网络的变量如何预测28名近期丧偶女性这些情绪变化的特征。在本研究中，寻求情感支持导致总体趋势更陡峭，而对社会支持的感知控制导致总体趋势更平缓。在检查个体内部变异性时，寻求工具性支持预测衰减率较慢。了解近期丧偶女性变化模式中的个体差异是确定丧偶适应病因的必要步骤。
