McIntosh D N, Silver R C, Wortman C B
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Colorado 80208-0204.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1993 Oct;65(4):812-21. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.65.4.812.
Parents (N = 124) who had lost an infant to sudden infant death syndrome were interviewed 3 weeks and 18 months postloss. Two components of religion (religious participation and religious importance) were assessed, and their relations with 3 coping-process variables (perceived social support, cognitive processing of the loss, and finding meaning in the death) were examined. Greater religious participation was related to increased perception of social support and greater meaning found in the loss. Importance of religion was positively related to cognitive processing and finding meaning in the death. Furthermore, through these coping-process variables, religious participation and importance were indirectly related to greater well-being and less distress among parents 18 months after their infants' deaths. Results suggest that further study of the social and cognitive aspects of religion would be profitable.
124名因婴儿猝死综合征失去婴儿的父母在丧子后3周和18个月接受了访谈。评估了宗教的两个组成部分（宗教参与度和宗教重要性），并考察了它们与三个应对过程变量（感知到的社会支持、对丧子的认知处理以及从死亡中寻找意义）之间的关系。更高的宗教参与度与对社会支持的感知增加以及从丧子中找到更多意义有关。宗教重要性与对死亡的认知处理以及从中寻找意义呈正相关。此外，通过这些应对过程变量，宗教参与度和重要性在婴儿死亡18个月后与父母更高的幸福感和更少的痛苦间接相关。结果表明，对宗教的社会和认知方面进行进一步研究将是有益的。
