Bellet Benjamin W, Neimeyer Robert A, Berman Jeffrey S
1 The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2018 Nov;78(1):3-23. doi: 10.1177/0030222816679659. Epub 2016 Nov 18.
The centrality of a loss to a bereaved individual's identity is associated with greater symptomatology, whereas meaning made of a loss is associated with positive outcomes. This article examines meaning made as a moderator of the relationship between event centrality and symptomatology. Our sample consisted of 204 bereaved undergraduate university students. Centrality was assessed using the Centrality of Events Scale, meaning made was assessed using the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale, and symptomatology was assessed using the posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist-Civilian and Inventory of Complicated Grief-Revised. Meaning made had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between centrality and both measures of symptomatology. At lower levels of meaning made, centrality had a strong and positive association with symptomatology; at higher levels of meaning made, this association became weaker. These results suggest that meaning made is the key to understanding how centrality affects bereavement outcomes.
对于丧亲者而言，丧失在其身份认同中的核心地位与更严重的症状相关，而从丧失中获得的意义则与积极结果相关。本文探讨了所获得的意义作为事件核心性与症状之间关系的调节变量。我们的样本包括204名丧亲的本科大学生。使用事件核心性量表评估核心性，使用应激性生活经历整合量表评估所获得的意义，使用创伤后应激障碍检查表（民用版）和复杂哀伤修订量表评估症状。所获得的意义对核心性与两种症状测量指标之间的关系具有显著的调节作用。在较低的意义水平上，核心性与症状呈强烈的正相关；在较高的意义水平上，这种相关性变弱。这些结果表明，所获得的意义是理解核心性如何影响丧亲结果的关键。
