个人和系统变量与长时间的悲伤和其他情绪上的痛苦相关的丧子儿童
Paul A Boelen1,2, Mariken Spuij3,4
1Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
PloS one
|April 30, 2024
概括
孩子 孩子 孩子 孩子
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 悲伤研究 悲伤研究
背景情况:
- 大多数孩子在失去亲人后不会出现持久的心理问题.
- 然而,有些孩子经历了急性悲伤,可能发展成长期悲伤障碍 (PGD) 和其他心理健康问题.
- 现有的研究将孩子丧生的结果与负面认知,避免应对和育儿行为联系起来,但个人和家庭因素的相互作用需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 研究各种儿童丧生结果与个人/家庭层面的变量之间的关联.
- 检查负面认知,避免应对,照顾者的心理健康和育儿行为对儿童长期悲伤障碍 (PGD),抑郁症和创伤后压力 (PTS) 的影响.
主要方法:
- 在一项随机对照试验中,在治疗前评估期间从159名儿童 (8-18岁) 和一名护理人员收集的调查数据.
- 这些措施包括自我评价的PGD,抑郁症,PTS,负面认知,回避行为,照顾者PGD,抑郁症,焦虑和育儿行为 (儿童和照顾者评价).
主要成果:
- 儿童的丧亲结果,包括PGD和PTS严重程度,与负面认知和回避行为有显著的关联.
- 护理人员的抑郁和焦虑与一些儿童的结果之间存在微小但显著的联系.
- 护理人员评级的诱导推理育儿风格与儿童的PTS相关功能障碍有关;影响可能在母亲和父亲之间有所不同.
结论:
- 个别的认知行为因素与儿童的丧生结果密切相关.
- 家庭层面的因素,如照顾者的心理健康和育儿,发挥作用,尽管它们的影响似乎比个人因素小.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分理解儿童丧生中个人和家庭变量的复杂相互作用.
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