Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
Death Stud. 2022;46(9):2056-2069. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2021.1880500. Epub 2021 Feb 4.
ABSTRACTEstablished bereavement and grief theory is often created by non-Hispanic White researchers and normed in non-Hispanic White populations. However, this can fail to capture the diversity of the grief experience. We used semi-structured interviews with 14 middle-to-older aged African Americans to investigate whether responses to loss were consistent with the well-established Two-Track Model of Bereavement. African Americans were found engage with their losses in ways that were mostly consistent with the model, though there was moderate cultural nuance unaddressed by the model. Findings could help inform the modification of the Two-Track Model for increased sensitivity to bereaved African American populations.
既定的丧亲与悲伤理论通常由非西班牙裔白人研究人员创建，并在非西班牙裔白人群体中进行标准化。然而，这可能无法捕捉到悲伤体验的多样性。我们使用半结构化访谈对 14 名中老年人进行了采访，以调查他们对失去亲人的反应是否与广为人知的丧亲双轨模型一致。研究发现，非裔美国人以与该模型大多一致的方式应对失去亲人，但该模型没有解决适度的文化细微差别。研究结果可以帮助修改丧亲双轨模型，以提高对非裔美国人群体的敏感性。
