Revised Coping Theory and The Process of Bereavement
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Why does literature on coping with bereavement lag behind?
Lazarus and Folkman definition of coping
Several propositions about coping:
- contextual and influenced by appraised characteristics of the person-environment relationship
- process that changes as situation unfolds
-multidimensional process (incl. problem- and emotion-focused functions, approach-avoidance functions, interpersonal and interpersonal functions
Suggests a cause-effect relationship
What is the reason for consistent relationship between active-problem focused coping ad positive affect?
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Social-functional interpretation of emotional expression
Standards for bereavement studies
- comparison groups
2 dimensions to characterization of psychological response to bereavement
- form (whether outcome refers to a point in time or instead to the pattern of the outcome over time. Most studies just focus on the status of an outcome at one or more points in time. but one may also look at the amount of change that has occurred during a given interval, or look at slope of decline (requires three or more measurement points)
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