OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ( IF 2.602 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 , DOI: 10.1177/0030222820974536 Jacob S Sawyer 1
The present study applied several concepts typically included in thanatology research to an atheist sample. Atheists are a growing segment of the population in the United States, though little is known about this group. A sample of 355 adults who self-identify as atheist completed an online survey assessing forms of spirituality, anti-atheist discrimination, and meaning reconstruction in order to examine associations between these variables and bereavement outcomes of complicated grief and psychological distress. Results of a multiple regression analysis suggested that spirituality was not related to bereavement outcomes, anti-atheist discrimination was related to poorer bereavement outcomes, while the relationship between meaning reconstruction and bereavement outcomes was mixed. These results provide a foundation for additional exploration of bereavement processes in atheist individuals, and implications for future research and practice are discussed.
中文翻译:
无神论者的丧亲结果:灵性、歧视和意义的作用
本研究将死亡学研究中通常包含的几个概念应用于无神论者样本。无神论者是美国人口中不断增长的一部分,尽管对这一群体知之甚少。一个由 355 名自称为无神论者的成年人组成的样本完成了一项在线调查,评估了灵性、反无神论歧视和意义重建的形式,以检查这些变量与复杂悲伤和心理困扰的丧亲结果之间的关联。多元回归分析的结果表明,灵性与丧亲结果无关,反无神论歧视与较差的丧亲结果有关,而意义重构与丧亲结果之间的关系是混合的。