Experiencing the Presence of the Dead

Discrepancies in “The Sensing Experience” and Their Psychological Concomitants

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ID13630504
AutoresTorill Christine Lindstrøm (University of Bergen, autor correspondente)
Ano1995
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas11-21
Data de publicação1995-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/frwj-u2wm-v689-h30k
OpenAlexW1988684607
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas13

Relationships between experiencing “the presence of the dead” and psychological outcome parameters were studied in thirty-nine widows, early in bereavement and twelve months later. Self-evaluation of coping, expectancies about future coping, and scores on psychological standard questionnaires (“Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Scale” (STAI), “Goldberg Health Questionnaire” (GHQ), “General Well-Being Schedule” (GWB), “Sjõberg Measurement of Mood” (SJO) and “Life Style Index” (LSI) were used as indicators of outcome. A majority of the widows reported “sensing experiences” at both occasions. The sensing experiences were categorized as being “neutral to slightly positive,” “extremely positive,” and “extremely negative.” “Extremely positive,” and “extremely negative” experiences were found to be associated with poor adaptational outcomes, whereas “neutral to slightly positive experiences” and no sensing experiences were associated with good outcomes. The nature of the sensing experience, therefore, seems to predict adaptation after bereavement

Anxiety · Coping (psychology · General Health Questionnaire · Mood · Psychiatry · Trait · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology