Expectancy of Spousal Death and Adjustment to Conjugal Bereavement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629295
AutoresEdward F Donnelly (University of California, San Francisco, autor de correspondencia), Nigel P Field (Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California), Mardi J Horowitz (0000-0003-1334-8420, University of California, San Francisco)
Año2001
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas195-208
Fecha de publicación2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/9316-ugct-6b2c-ntqe
OpenAlexW2127621115
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas34

Previous findings on the role of expectancy of spousal death in adjustment to bereavement are inconclusive due to methodological shortcomings. This study examined the impact of subjective and objective expectancy on adjustment, while addressing the methodological problems of previous studies. At six months postbereavement, 97 midlife bereaved adults responded to interview questions regarding expectancy of their spouse's death. They also completed the Beck Depression Inventory and Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, at 6, 13, and 25 months postbereavement. Greater objective expectancy was associated with lower symptoms at all three postbereavement periods. Subjective expectancy was not related to symptoms, however. The clinical implications of objective expectancy's role on bereavement-related adjustment are addressed

Anxiety · Beck Depression Inventory · Depression (economics · Expectancy theory · Grief · Life expectancy · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Spouse · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology