Department of Social Work, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel.
Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Jul;49(5):1010-1023. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22565. Epub 2021 Mar 28.
This study aimed to examine the contribution of ethnic group status and social support to posttraumatic growth (PTG) among widows after sudden spousal loss. Participants included 184 widows from three ethnic groups: 59 (32.3%) Jewish, 58 (31.7%) Muslim, and 66 (36%) Druze. Information was gathered via a demographic questionnaire, PTG Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Analysis of covariance was used to test ethnic group status differences in social support, controlling for demographic variables. Hierarchical linear models were used to assess groups differences in the study outcome variables. The results showed that the PTG total score was higher for Jewish widows than for Muslim and Druze widows, with a null difference between the latter two, and social support contributed to increased PTG among Jewish widows more than among Muslim and Druze widows, with no significant association between social support and PTG among Druze widows. The highest PTG levels were observed among widows from modern individualistic cultural backgrounds, compared with traditional collectivist, cultural backgrounds after sudden spousal death. The social support system may be a pathway to enhance PTG among widows in traditional collectivist societies.
本研究旨在探讨族群地位和社会支持对丧偶后创伤后成长（PTG）的影响。参与者包括来自三个族群的 184 名寡妇：59 名（32.3%）犹太人、58 名（31.7%）穆斯林和 66 名（36%）德鲁兹人。通过人口统计学问卷、PTG 量表和多维感知社会支持量表收集信息。协方差分析用于测试族群地位在社会支持方面的差异，控制人口统计学变量。分层线性模型用于评估研究结果变量的组间差异。结果表明，与穆斯林和德鲁兹寡妇相比，犹太寡妇的 PTG 总分更高，而后者之间没有差异，社会支持对犹太寡妇的 PTG 增长贡献大于穆斯林和德鲁兹寡妇，而德鲁兹寡妇的社会支持与 PTG 之间没有显著关联。与传统集体主义文化背景相比，在突然丧偶后，具有现代个人主义文化背景的寡妇表现出更高的 PTG 水平。社会支持系统可能是增强传统集体主义社会中寡妇 PTG 的途径。
