智力障碍的智利老年人的悲伤经历:"它仍然在内心疼痛"
Izaskun Álvarez-Aguado1,2, Miguel Roselló-Peñaloza1,2, Jennifer Figueroa-Figueroa1
1Universidad de Las Américas (Chile), Santiago, Chile.
Journal of intellectual & developmental disability
|January 6, 2026
概括
智力障碍的老年人以不同的方式哀悼,经常面临被剥夺权利的哀悼. 通过包容性实践来支持他们的情感和关系需求对于承认他们的损失经历至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 关于残疾人的研究.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 由于对他们的认知能力的假设,智力障碍 (ID) 的老年人经常被排除在哀悼仪式之外.
- 悲伤和丧亲是人类普遍的经历,但ID个体的哀悼过程仍未得到充分研究.
- 这项研究解决了了解轻度至中度ID的老年人如何经历和表达失去后的悲伤的差距.
研究的目的:
- 探索智力障碍的老年人悲伤和哀悼的经历.
- 确定ID个体表达悲伤的各种方式.
- 了解影响这个群体悲伤过程的障碍和支持.
主要方法:
- 使用半结构面试对92名具有轻度至中度智力障碍的老年人进行定性研究.
- 参与者居住在智利的长期护理机构.
- 用反射主题分析分析数据,以确定关键主题.
主要成果:
- 五个总体主题出现了:对损失的情感意识,悲伤的多样化表达方式,丧失权利的哀悼,环境和关系的破坏以及支持者的作用.
- 参与者利用象征性,体质和关系方法来处理悲伤.
- 结构和沟通障碍被确定,但个人表现出各种方式来表达他们的损失.
结论:
- 调查结果强调需要认识到和验证智力障碍的老年人的悲伤经历.
- 包容性实践,增强沟通和可访问的仪式对于在丧亲期间支持他们的情感和关系需求至关重要.
- 促进支持性环境对于尊重这个经常被边缘化的群体的哀悼过程至关重要.
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