Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Centre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong.
Death Stud. 2011 Feb;35(2):147-62. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2010.535387.
Response to the death of a spouse was examined by focusing on acceptance, which was conceptualized as both a process and an outcome. Grounded theory was applied to analyze the experience of 15 bereaved Hong Kong Chinese older adults. The main theme that emerged was time. Acceptance of spousal death was found to be related to the search for meaning in 2 time-related themes: timing of spousal death and paradoxical time perception. For paradoxical time perception, 2 subthemes were identified: truncation and daily isolation in time. For bereaved older adults, time-related meaning seeking may be best fostered by self-transcendence, (e.g., participation in volunteer work and social activities).
丧偶后的反应是通过关注接受来进行研究的,接受被概念化为一个过程和一个结果。扎根理论被应用于分析 15 名丧偶的中国香港老年人的经历。出现的主要主题是时间。对配偶死亡的接受被发现与对 2 个与时间有关的主题的意义探索有关:配偶死亡的时间和矛盾的时间感知。对于矛盾的时间感知,确定了 2 个子主题:时间的截断和日常隔离。对于丧偶的老年人来说,通过超越自我(例如,参与志愿者工作和社会活动),可能最能促进与时间相关的意义探索。