Akmese Ibrahim, Foreman Tamarine, Brooks Gordon
Department of Counseling and Higher Education, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
Department of Educational Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Mar 19:302228241240944. doi: 10.1177/00302228241240944.
Mandated measures to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus (e.g., social distancing and travel restrictions) led to isolation and reshaped the dying process as well as grief rituals for loved ones of deceased individuals due to COVID-19 and other causes of death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between those who lost a loved one during and not during the global pandemic in terms of complicated grief and perceived social support. A cross-sectional quantitative approach was employed, surveying 580 individuals, all of whom had experienced the loss of a loved one. Our findings suggest that bereavement during the COVID-19 era uniquely intensified the Complicated Grief experience. However, the perceived social support did not vary based on the timing of the bereavement. The strengths, limitations, and future research directions are further explored.
为降低新冠病毒传播风险而强制采取的措施（如社交距离和旅行限制）导致了隔离，并重塑了因新冠肺炎及其他死亡原因导致的死亡过程以及逝者亲人的悲伤仪式。本研究的目的是调查在全球大流行期间失去亲人的人与未在该期间失去亲人的人在复杂性悲伤和感知到的社会支持方面的差异。采用了横断面定量研究方法，对580名均经历过亲人离世的个体进行了调查。我们的研究结果表明，新冠疫情时代的丧亲之痛独特地加剧了复杂性悲伤体验。然而，感知到的社会支持并未因丧亲时间的不同而有所差异。进一步探讨了研究的优势、局限性和未来研究方向。
