DO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES SHED LIGHT ON RECOVERY FROM BEREAVEMENT? FINDINGS FROM A 3-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY

Authors: TEDLIE MOSKOWITZ J.; FOLKMAN S.; ACREE M.

Source: Death Studies, Volume 27, Number 6, July 2003 , pp. 471-500(30)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The purpose of the current study was to document the course and 1-month postbereavement predictors of both positive and negative psychological states in bereaved gay male caregivers for 3 years following the death of their partners. The results show that although the patterns of postbereavement depressive mood and positive psychological states were similar, some of their predictors differed. Given that the processes that produce positive psychological states are not the same as those that produce negative states, our findings support the inclusion of both positive and negative psychological states in studies of postbereavement adjustment.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California--San Francisco,San Francisco, California, USA

Publication date: 2003-07-01

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