死別を乗り越えて:死別した親の人生の意味の再構築
Heidi Markelin1, Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin1,2, Anna Liisa Aho1
1Faculty of Social Sciences (Health), Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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|December 24, 2025
まとめ
子供を失うことは親に大きな影響を与え、人生の目的を問い直す。この研究は、フィンランドの親が日常生活、幸福、家族を通じて意味をどのように再定義し、建設的に悲嘆を乗り越えているかを明らかにする。
科学分野:
- 心理学; 社会学; グリーフ研究
背景:
- 子供の死は親に深い悲嘆をもたらす重大な人生の出来事です。そのような喪失後の人生の目的と意味の再構築は極めて重要ですが、十分に探求されていません。
研究 の 目的:
- 子供の非偶発的死後の親の人生の目的と意味の再構築を調査すること。親の悲嘆と適応の多面的な性質を理解すること。
主な方法:
- フィンランドのグリーフサポート組織を通じて配布された、自由回答形式のオンラインアンケートを利用しました。死別した親との詳細な電話インタビューを実施しました。インタビューデータに帰納的コンテンツ分析を用いました。
主要な成果:
- 親は、意味のある日常生活、幸福、目的のある生活、専門知識の活用、家族中心、悲嘆の処理を含む人生の目的を再定義しました。人生の意味は、世界観の変化、価値観の変化、人生への新たな信念、家族の絆の強化、個人の成長、精神的な変容を通じて進化しました。親は、子供の死別後に建設的な変化と喜びの減少の両方を報告しました。
結論:
- 死別した親は複雑な変化を経験し、子供の死後に肯定的および否定的な変化の両方を経験します。調整されたサポートは、親がこれらの変化を乗り越え、長期的な幸福を促進するために不可欠です。効果的なグリーフサポート介入のためには、親の適応を理解することが鍵となります。
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