Grief processing and deliberate grief avoidance: a prospective comparison of bereaved spouses and parents in the United States and the People's Republic of China.

摘要: In this study, the authors measured grief processing and deliberate avoidance examined their relationship to adjustment at 4 18 months of bereavement for 2 types losses (spouse, child) in cultures (People's Republic China, United States). Three hypotheses were compared: traditional work assumption, a conditional hypothesis, view as form rumination absent among resilient individuals. Although cultural differences observed, factor structure these measures proved invariant across cultures. Consistent with both predicted poor long-term U.S. participants. Furthermore, initial later However, participants People's neither nor evidenced clear psychological consequences.