Abstract:
Background: Social acknowledgment is a protective factor for survivors of trauma. However, the role of social acknowledgment in association with prolonged grief symptoms has not yet been established.Objectives: The current study aims to explore the relationship between social acknowledgment and prolonged grief via two beliefs foundational to how people think about grief-related emotions (1) goodness (i.e. whether emotions are desirable, useful, or unwanted and harmful), and (2) controllability (i.e. whether emotions are regulated according to our will or involuntary, arising of their own accord). These effects were explored in two different cultural samples of bereaved people.Methods: One hundred and fifty-four German-speaking and two hundred and sixty-two Chinese bereaved people who lost their loved ones completed questionnaires assessing social acknowledgment, beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions, and prolonged grief symptoms.Results: Correlation analyses showed that social acknowledgment was positively linked with stronger beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions and negatively related to prolonged grief symptoms. Beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions correlated negatively with prolonged grief symptoms. Multiple mediation analyses suggested that beliefs about the controllability and goodness of grief-related emotions mediated the link between social acknowledgment and prolonged grief symptoms. Cultural groups did not moderate the above model.Conclusion: Social acknowledgment may be related to bereavement adjustment consequences via the roles of beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions. These effects seem to be consistent cross-culturally.
Social acknowledgment correlated positively with stronger beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions and negatively with prolonged grief symptoms.Beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions were negatively linked with prolonged grief symptoms.Beliefs about the controllability and goodness of grief-related emotions mediated the relationship between social acknowledgment and prolonged grief symptoms. The model presented cross-cultural consistency.
摘要:
背景:社会认可是创伤幸存者的保护因素。然而,社会认可与长期悲伤症状有关的作用尚未确定。目标:本研究旨在通过两种信念来探索社会认可与长期悲伤之间的关系,这两种信念是人们如何看待与悲伤相关的情感(1)善良(即情感是否可取,有用的,或不想要的和有害的),和(2)可控性(即情绪是根据我们的意愿调节还是无意识的,自行产生)。在两个不同的丧亲者文化样本中探索了这些影响。方法:一百五十四名讲德语的人和二百六十二名失去亲人的中国人完成了评估社会认可度的问卷调查,关于悲伤相关情绪的善良和可控性的信念,和长时间的悲伤症状。结果:相关分析表明,社会认可与对悲伤相关情绪的善良和可控性的更强信念呈正相关,与长期悲伤症状呈负相关。关于悲伤相关情绪的善良和可控性的信念与长时间的悲伤症状呈负相关。多重调解分析表明,关于悲伤相关情绪的可控性和善良的信念介导了社会认可与长期悲伤症状之间的联系。文化群体没有缓和上述模型。结论:社会认可可能通过对悲伤相关情绪的善良和可控性的信念的作用与丧亲调整后果有关。这些影响在跨文化上似乎是一致的。
社会认可与对悲伤相关情绪的善良和可控性的更强信念呈正相关,与长时间的悲伤症状呈负相关。关于悲伤相关情绪的善良和可控性的信念与长时间的悲伤症状呈负相关。关于悲伤相关情绪的可控性和善良的信念介导了社会认可与长期悲伤症状之间的关系。该模型具有跨文化一致性。