Author:
FIELD NIGEL P.,STURGEON SHEILA E.,PURYEAR RICHARD,HIBBARD STEVEN,HOROWITZ MARDI J.
Abstract
The impact of object relations on adjustment in conjugal bereavement was examined. At
approximately 6 months postbereavement, 46 midlife bereaved participants engaged in a narrative
interview in which they were asked to discuss their past relationship with their deceased spouse.
The Westen et al. object relations scoring system was applied to these narratives. Participants also
completed depression and grief-specific symptom measures at 6 months and again at 14 and 25
months postbereavement. Object relations correlated differently with grief-specific symptoms and
depression; it was more strongly negatively associated with 6 month postloss grief-specific
symptoms while more strongly negatively correlated with depression at 25 month postloss. In a
growth curve analysis, more mature object relations was also predictive of a faster rate of
decrease in depression over time. The results were discussed in terms of current theoretical
perspectives on what is required in successful adaptation to conjugal bereavement.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology
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