Abstract：
Guided by the conceptual framework of widowed parenting, the current study takes a relational approach to understand more about how the characteristics of parents of young and adult children relate to coping following the unexpected death of a partner due to COVID-19, and how these variables predict complicated grief and posttraumatic growth. A sample of 81 widowed parents completed self-report measures examining parenting self-efficacy, relationship uncertainty, coping, complicated grief, and posttraumatic growth. Results of hierarchical regression analyses suggest that, when controlling for time since death (1) relationship uncertainty and avoidant coping significantly predict complicated grief for parents in the sample with adult children, and (2) widowed parenting self-efficacy and both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping significantly predict posttraumatic growth for parents in the sample with young children. Results of the current study may inform future practices (e.g., use of Emotionally Focused Family Therapy) to aid families grieving an unexpected loss.
摘要：
在丧偶育儿概念框架的指导下，本研究采用相关方法,以更多地了解幼儿和成年子女父母的特征与伴侣因COVID-19意外死亡后的应对关系,以及这些变量如何预测复杂的悲伤和创伤后成长.81位丧偶父母的样本完成了自我报告措施，检查了育儿自我效能感，关系不确定性，应对,复杂的悲伤，创伤后的成长。分层回归分析的结果表明，当控制死亡以来的时间时（1）关系不确定性和回避应对显着预测成年子女样本中父母的复杂悲伤，（2）丧偶父母的自我效能感以及以问题为中心和以情绪为中心的应对可以显着预测幼儿样本中父母的创伤后成长。当前研究的结果可能会为未来的实践提供信息(例如，使用以情感为中心的家庭治疗）来帮助家庭悲伤意外损失。
