Arcadia University, Behavioral Research Institute, 450 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038, USA.
Gerontologist. 2012 Aug;52(4):472-83. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr148. Epub 2012 Jan 11.
The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore family reaction to the death of the elderly husband and father in the family.
We qualitatively interviewed 34 families (a family included a widow and 2 adult biological children) approximately 6-15 months after the death. In private, one-on-one in-depth interviews, we discussed how the death affected each family member as an individual and how each member perceived that the death altered the family as a unit.
An individual's worldview, embedded in the smaller culture of the family and the larger culture of society, offers a template for appropriate grief reactions.
Our article builds on the constructs of worldview, grief for the husband and father, and narrative at the juncture of self-evaluation, as family members reflected on where they stood in their own journey through life.
本研究旨在定性探讨家庭对老年丈夫和父亲去世的反应。
我们对 34 个家庭(一个家庭包括一个寡妇和 2 个成年亲生子女)进行了定性访谈,大约在死亡后 6-15 个月。在私人、一对一的深入访谈中,我们讨论了死亡如何影响每个家庭成员作为个体,以及每个成员如何认为死亡改变了家庭作为一个单位。
个人的世界观,嵌入家庭的较小文化和社会的较大文化中,为适当的悲伤反应提供了一个模板。
我们的文章构建在世界观、对丈夫和父亲的悲伤以及自我评估关头的叙事的基础上,因为家庭成员反思了他们在自己人生旅程中的位置。