a School of Psychology and Speech Pathology , Curtin University , Perth , Australia.
b School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine , Curtin University , Perth , Australia.
Death Stud. 2018 Feb;42(2):69-78. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1328467. Epub 2017 Jun 8.
This study investigated differences in specific meanings made following bereavement, according to participants' prolonged grief symptomatology. A survey of 580 bereaved adults (M = 61.6 years, 70.7% female) showed 13 meanings predicted symptomatology, with the largest differences between the two lower symptomatology groups and the high symptomatology group; the latter was more likely to report no meaning. The results provide further support for empirically distinct groups within the bereaved population, not only in terms of symptoms, etiology, outcomes, courses, and treatment responses, but also in their meanings made, and may assist in advancing meaning reconstruction interventions.
本研究调查了根据参与者的长期悲伤症状表现出的不同特定意义。对 580 名丧亲成年人（M=61.6 岁，70.7%为女性）的调查显示，有 13 种意义可以预测症状，在两个较低症状组和高症状组之间存在最大差异；后者更有可能报告没有意义。研究结果进一步支持了丧亲人群中存在具有不同特征的群体，不仅在症状、病因、结果、病程和治疗反应方面，而且在他们所赋予的意义方面，这可能有助于推进意义重建干预。
