Hogan N S, Balk D E
Nursing, University of Miami, Florida.
Nurs Res. 1990 Mar-Apr;39(2):103-6.
Fourteen families in which a child had died participated in this study; the mother, father, and one teenager from each family were interviewed. All participants completed a sibling bereavement inventory consisting of 109 scaled items that measured self-concept perceptions and grief reactions. The teenagers completed the inventory in terms of their own reactions; the mothers and fathers were instructed to complete the inventory as they anticipated their teenager would answer it. Mothers held significantly different views of their teenagers' self-concept and grief than did the fathers or the teenagers. Fathers' responses resembled those of their teenagers. In addition to accenting the need to study more fully the family dynamics involved when a child dies, the results call into serious question commonly held views regarding the accuracy and reliability of mothers' perceptions of bereaved children. The results suggest that more credence be given to fathers' observations about the phenomena of bereavement engaging their teenage children.
14个有孩子死亡的家庭参与了这项研究；每个家庭的母亲、父亲和一名青少年接受了访谈。所有参与者都完成了一份由109个量表项目组成的兄弟姐妹丧亲情况调查问卷，这些项目测量自我概念认知和悲伤反应。青少年根据自己的反应完成问卷；母亲和父亲被要求按照他们预期青少年会给出的答案来完成问卷。母亲对青少年自我概念和悲伤的看法与父亲或青少年有显著不同。父亲的回答与他们青少年的回答相似。这些结果除了强调需要更全面地研究孩子死亡时所涉及的家庭动态外，还对关于母亲对丧亲孩子认知的准确性和可靠性的普遍观点提出了严重质疑。结果表明，应更多地相信父亲对其青少年子女丧亲现象的观察。
