Collison Elizabeth A, Gramling Sandra E, Lord Benjamin D
a Department of Psychology , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , Virginia , USA.
Death Stud. 2016;40(2):102-12. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2015.1077355. Epub 2015 Aug 27.
Though research on bereavement has grown, few studies have focused on emerging adults. To add to the literature, the authors administered the RCOPE to a sample of bereaved college students (analyzed sample N = 748) and explored the relationship between self-reported religious affiliation and religious coping strategies used and endorsed as "most helpful." Results highlight the rich topography of bereavement previously unexamined in understudied populations (i.e., emerging adults, religiously unaffiliated). Specifically, the Christians/affiliated used "negative" religious coping strategies most often, yet identified "positive" strategies as "most helpful," whereas the unaffiliated instead used "positive" strategies most often and identified "negative" strategies as "most helpful."
尽管关于丧亲之痛的研究有所增加，但很少有研究关注刚成年的成年人。为了丰富这方面的文献，作者对一群经历丧亲之痛的大学生样本（分析样本N = 748）进行了宗教应对问卷（RCOPE）测试，并探讨了自我报告的宗教信仰与被认为“最有帮助”的宗教应对策略之间的关系。结果凸显了丧亲之痛丰富的表现形式，而这些在研究较少的人群（即刚成年的成年人、无宗教信仰者）中此前未被研究过。具体而言，基督徒/有宗教信仰者最常使用“消极”的宗教应对策略，但却将“积极”策略视为“最有帮助”的；而无宗教信仰者则最常使用“积极”策略，并将“消极”策略视为“最有帮助”的。
