School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology Beijing.
School of Humanities and Social Science, Beijing Institute of Technology.
Omega (Westport). 2022 Feb;84(3):709-724. doi: 10.1177/0030222820909650. Epub 2020 Mar 12.
Previous studies have sporadically explored the effect of various bonds on the mental health of shiduers (i.e., parents who lost their only child). However, research has rarely classified different bonds to systematically describe their effects. This study administered a self-compiled questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, the posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist, the Prolonged Grief Questionnaire, the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, and the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale to 466 shiduers. The commemoration rituals that occur soon after the loss predict a lower level of posttraumatic stress disorder. Similarly, the commemoration rituals that occur on special days predict lower levels of depression and anxiety. In contrast, the continuation of commemoration rituals on ordinary days predicts higher levels of depression and prolonged grief. Support from family members and relatives, other shiduers, and nonshiduer friends are all beneficial to shiduers' mental health.
先前的研究零星地探讨了各种联系对失独者（即失去独生子的父母）心理健康的影响。然而，研究很少对不同的联系进行分类，以系统地描述它们的影响。本研究采用自编问卷、流行病学研究抑郁量表、zung 自评焦虑量表、创伤后应激障碍检查表、延长哀伤问卷、创伤后成长量表和成人特质希望量表对 466 名失独者进行了调查。失去亲人后不久发生的纪念仪式预示着较低水平的创伤后应激障碍。同样，特殊日子发生的纪念仪式预示着较低水平的抑郁和焦虑。相反，在普通日子继续举行纪念仪式预示着更高水平的抑郁和延长的悲伤。来自家庭成员和亲属、其他失独者以及非失独者朋友的支持都有益于失独者的心理健康。
