Bereavement Adaptation as Deflection Reduction
Bereaved Caregivers Define the Event of Dying
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758891 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda E Francis (0000-0003-0346-6642, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA, corresponding author), Malissa Alinor (0000-0002-8826-307X, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 12-35 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642211066029 |
| OpenAlex | W4205795076 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
Affect control theory (ACT) has the potential to extend dominant understandings of adaptation to bereavement. Using narratives from bereaved caregivers, we assessed attributions they made about the death of a loved one from cancer. We transformed these attributions into actor-behavior-object events along the evaluation, potency, and activity dimensions of ACT. After creating hypothetical baseline deflections for events, we simulated the attributions as events in INTERACT. We found eight emergent categories of resolutions that caregivers used to make sense of the death: caregivers redefined the event to align with their sentiments about the deceased or the death. We also found racial differences in the attributions. White caregivers were more likely to blame themselves or others for the death of their loved one, while black caregivers were more willing to admit their deceased loved one's faults. These findings demonstrate how caregivers make sense of their grief in a framework of cultural sentiments and underscore the utility of affect control theory in qualitative and theory-generating research
Affect (linguistics) · Attribution · Blame · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Grief · Learned helplessness · Narrative · Psychotherapist · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |