Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Department of Psychology, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, USA.
Death Stud. 2023;47(10):1167-1179. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2023.2175391. Epub 2023 Feb 11.
We examined perceptions of individuals grieving the loss of a family member to incarceration. Participants ( = 1095) were randomized to a vignette that varied by race-ethnicity, crime type, and grief trajectory to assess their perceptions. Results indicated: (1) participants perceived prolonged grief as less appropriate than resilience; (2) Black family members grieving someone who committed a violent crime as more appropriate compared to White family members; and (3) women endorsed both grief trajectories as more appropriate and indicated greater comfort supporting the family member. Lastly, participants indicated prolonged, White and Latinx grievers should seek therapy more than resilient or Black individuals.
我们研究了个体因亲人入狱而悲痛的看法。参与者( = 1095)被随机分配到一个情景片段,该片段根据种族-民族、犯罪类型和悲痛轨迹的不同来评估他们的看法。结果表明:(1)参与者认为长期悲痛不如韧性更合适;(2)与白人家庭成员相比,因亲人犯有暴力罪而悲痛的黑人家庭成员被认为更合适;(3)女性更认可这两种悲痛轨迹,并且表示更愿意支持亲人。最后,参与者认为长期悲痛、白人悲痛和拉丁裔悲痛者比韧性者或黑人更应该寻求治疗。