Eckerd Lizabeth M, Barnett James E, Jett-Dias Latishia
a Department of Psychology , Humboldt State University , Arcata , California , USA.
Death Stud. 2016;40(5):275-82. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2016.1139014. Epub 2016 Jan 14.
The authors compared grief severity and its predictors in two equivalent college student samples who had experienced the death of a pet (n = 211) or a person (n = 146) within the past 2 years. The human death sample reported higher grief severity, p < .01, but effect sizes were small (ds = .28-.30). For both samples, closeness to the deceased was overwhelmingly the strongest predictor of grief severity; other predictors generally dropped out with closeness added to the model. Results highlight the importance of including closeness to deceased in grief research, and its centrality in understanding grief counseling clients.
作者比较了两个相当的大学生样本中的悲伤严重程度及其预测因素，这两个样本在过去两年内分别经历了宠物死亡（n = 211）或亲人死亡（n = 146）。亲人死亡样本报告的悲伤严重程度更高，p <.01，但效应量较小（ds =.28 -.30）。对于两个样本来说，与逝者的亲密程度无一例外都是悲伤严重程度最强的预测因素；在模型中加入亲密程度这一因素后，其他预测因素通常就不再显著。研究结果凸显了在悲伤研究中纳入与逝者亲密程度的重要性，以及它在理解悲伤咨询客户方面的核心地位。
