This study looked at the loss of a parent in adulthood and whether this was followed by post-traumatic growth? Participants, 100 bereaved adults, from Pakistan and England, lost parents in the last 10 years. They completed three questionnaires. The study hypotheses were, first, that participants whose bereavement occurred more than five years ago would show significantly higher levels of post-traumatic growth. Second, participants with higher levels of post-traumatic growth would experience significantly higher grief scores. Thirdly, participants with higher levels of post-traumatic growth would show significantly higher levels of coping skills. Two hypotheses were rejected, only one received partial support. Yet, levels of post-traumatic growth were high in this sample. Post-traumatic growth does not follow every bereavement. The authors provide autoethnographic material to challenge this. Circumstances surrounding bereavement during the Covid-19 pandemic, are more likely to lead to increases in complicated grief reactions, rather than post-traumatic growth.

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创伤后的成长会在成年后父母死亡之后发生吗？实证研究

这项研究研究了成年后失去父母的情况，以及创伤后的成长情况是否如此？在过去的10年中，来自巴基斯坦和英国的100名丧亲的成年人失去了父母。他们完成了三份问卷。研究假设是，首先，丧亲发生超过五年的参与者会表现出明显更高的创伤后成长水平。其次，创伤后成长水平较高的参与者将经历明显更高的悲伤评分。第三，创伤后成长水平较高的参与者会表现出较高的应对技能水平。两个假设被否决，只有一个得到部分支持。然而，在该样本中创伤后生长水平很高。创伤后的成长并非随丧而行。作者提供了民族志材料来挑战这一点。在Covid-19大流行期间丧亲之痛的情况更可能导致复杂的悲伤反应增加，而不是创伤后生长。