Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, TN, USA.
Riv Psichiatr. 2011 Sep-Dec;46(5-6):332-6. doi: 10.1708/1009.10982.
Bereavement, in the form of the loss of a significant attachment figure to death, disrupts the self-narratives of survivors, and typically launches them into an unsought quest for meaning in the loss as well as in their changed lives. A growing body of research on diverse groups – bereaved parents, young people, elders – suffering loss through both natural and violent death, documents the link between inability to find meaning in the experience and the intensity of complicated grief they suffer. This article reviews this literature, arguing that processes of sense-making and benefit-finding play a crucial role in bereavement adaptation for many of the bereaved, and accordingly that interventions that facilitate processes of meaning reconstruction can support effective psychotherapy for those struggling with intense and prolonged grief.
丧亲，即因死亡而失去重要的依附对象，打乱了幸存者的自我叙述，并通常使他们不得不去追寻失去亲人的意义，以及在生活改变后的意义。越来越多的研究关注不同群体——因自然或暴力死亡而丧亲的父母、年轻人、老年人——记录了无法从经历中找到意义与他们所经历的复杂悲痛之间的联系。本文回顾了这一文献，认为对于许多丧亲者来说，意义构建和获益发现的过程在丧亲适应中起着至关重要的作用，因此，促进意义重建过程的干预措施可以为那些与强烈和持久悲痛作斗争的人提供有效的心理治疗。
