Department of Psychology.
Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2020 May;129(4):397-407. doi: 10.1037/abn0000520. Epub 2020 Apr 6.
Complicated grief (CG) is characterized by a wide range of symptoms, including identity confusion or a sense that a part of oneself has died with the decedent. Although identity confusion is a commonly reported feature of CG, little is known about which specific aspects of self-concept are compromised. In the current study, we used qualitative coding methods to investigate which aspects of the sense of self differed between those with and without CG in a sample of 77 bereaved adults. Relative to individuals without CG, those with CG provided fewer descriptors of their self-concept overall (lower self-fluency), provided sets of descriptors that consisted of fewer categories (lower self-diversity), and had lower proportions of self-relevant preferences and activities. However, group differences were not observed for proportions of any other categories of self-concept descriptors, including references to the loss, the past, or distress-related self-statements. Directions for future research and clinical implications are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
复杂性悲伤（CG）的特征是广泛的症状，包括身份认同混乱或感觉自己的一部分已经随死者而去。尽管身份认同混乱是 CG 的一个常见报告特征，但对于自我概念的哪些特定方面受到影响知之甚少。在当前的研究中，我们使用定性编码方法，在 77 名丧亲的成年人样本中，调查了 CG 患者和非 CG 患者之间自我概念的哪些方面存在差异。与没有 CG 的个体相比，CG 患者对自我概念的描述总体上更少（自我流畅性更低），提供的描述集由更少的类别组成（自我多样性更低），并且与自我相关的偏好和活动的比例更低。然而，在任何其他自我概念描述符类别的比例上，都没有观察到组间差异，包括对丧失、过去或与痛苦相关的自我陈述的提及。讨论了未来研究和临床应用的方向。
