Jacobs S C, Mason J, Kosten T R, Kasl S V, Ostfeld A M, Wahby V
Biol Psychiatry. 1987 Feb;22(2):148-52. doi: 10.1016/0006-3223(87)90225-3.
Among 56 persons who were acutely bereaved or threatened with a loss, a group with worsening separation anxiety over a period of a month early after the event had higher urinary free cortisol output than a group experiencing improvement in grief. Although not tested in this study, both these psychological and physiological measures may have potential for serving as early predictors of poor outcome in bereavement for the 15%-20% of exposed persons who are at risk for unresolved grief or persistent depressive syndromes.
在56名经历了急性丧亲之痛或面临失去威胁的人中，在事件发生后的一个月内分离焦虑加剧的一组人的尿游离皮质醇分泌量高于悲伤情绪有所改善的一组人。尽管本研究未对此进行测试，但对于15%-20%有未解决的悲伤或持续性抑郁综合征风险的受影响人群而言，这些心理和生理指标都有可能作为丧亲后不良后果的早期预测指标。
