丧后应对:比较欧洲裔美国人和日本裔新兴成年人
Kiho Okumura1, Sarah L Feeney1, Amy M Claridge1
1Department of Family and Consumer Science, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, USA.
Omega
|March 1, 2024
概括
这项研究探讨了欧洲裔美国人和日本年轻人如何应对悲伤. 两种文化都使用了类似的情绪参与和脱离策略,在应对行为方面有文化细微差别.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 跨文化心理学跨文化心理学
- 关于悲伤的研究.
背景情况:
- 有限的跨文化研究存在于新兴成年人的丧亲应对策略.
- 丧亲是普遍的经历,需要文化敏感的研究.
- 了解应对的文化差异对于心理健康支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查欧洲裔美国人和日本裔新兴成年人之间的哀悼应对策略的相似之处和差异.
- 探索文化仪式对死亡后应对机制的影响.
- 识别当前应对策略模型中的潜在缺口.
主要方法:
- 使用开放式虚拟访谈进行定性研究.
- 参与者包括7名欧洲裔美国人和7名年龄在20-30岁的日本成年人.
- 使用定性分析分析数据以识别应对模式.
主要成果:
- 欧洲美国人和日本新兴成年人都报告使用情绪参与和情绪脱离应对策略.
- 在两个文化群体中都观察到类似的应对策略.
- 欧洲裔美国人报告说,在特定的应对类别中,他们进行了更广泛的活动.
- 一些应对行为不符合现有的理论框架,表明需要改进.
结论:
- 在欧洲,美国和日本文化中,新兴的成年人采用类似的核心丧失应对策略.
- 文化背景影响了应对行为的表达和多样性.
- 需要进一步的研究来完善现有的应对模式,并纳入文化特定的行为.
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