文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：How do attachment dimensions affect bereavement adjustment? A mediation model of continuing bonds

作者：Yu, Wei[1];He, Li[2];Xu, Wei[1];Wang, Jianping[1,3];Prigerson, Holly G.[4]

第一作者：Yu, Wei

通讯作者：Wang, JP[1]

机构：[1]Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Union Univ, Teachers Coll, Beijing, Peoples R China;[3]Capital Med Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China;[4]Weill Cornell Med, Ctr Res End Life Care, New York, NY USA

第一机构：Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, 19 Xinjiekouwai St, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China.

年份：2016

卷号：238

起止页码：93-99

外文期刊名：PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84958956734);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000375362300015)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000375362300015)】；

基金：This research was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SKZZY2014056). We are very grateful to Tuo Liu and Mengyuan Zhang for their insightful suggestions on the manuscript. The authors also thank Haiying Wang and Xiaochun Bai for collecting data. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this study.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Attachment; Continuing bonds; Grief; Posttraumatic growth; Mediation

摘要：The current study aims to examine mechanisms underlying the impact of attachment dimensions on bereavement adjustment. Bereaved mainland Chinese participants (N=247) completed anonymous, retrospective, self-report surveys assessing attachment dimensions, continuing bonds (CB), grief symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Results demonstrated that attachment anxiety predicted grief symptoms via externalized CB and predicted PTG via internalized CB at the same time, whereas attachment avoidance positively predicted grief symptoms via externalized CB but negatively predicted PTG directly. Findings suggested that individuals with a high level of attachment anxiety could both suffer from grief and obtain posttraumatic growth after loss, but it depended on which kind of CB they used. By contrast, attachment avoidance was associated with a heightened risk of maladaptive bereavement adjustment. Future grief therapy may encourage the bereaved to establish CB with the deceased and gradually shift from externalized CB to internalized CB. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.