ABSTRACT

Established bereavement and grief theory is often created by non-Hispanic White researchers and normed in non-Hispanic White populations. However, this can fail to capture the diversity of the grief experience. We used semi-structured interviews with 14 middle-to-older aged African Americans to investigate whether responses to loss were consistent with the well-established Two-Track Model of Bereavement. African Americans were found engage with their losses in ways that were mostly consistent with the model, though there was moderate cultural nuance unaddressed by the model. Findings could help inform the modification of the Two-Track Model for increased sensitivity to bereaved African American populations.

摘要

既定的丧亲和悲伤理论通常是由非西班牙裔白人研究人员创建的，并以非西班牙裔白人人口为标准。但是，这可能无法捕捉到悲痛经历的多样性。我们对14位中至老年非洲裔美国人进行了半结构化访谈，以调查对损失的反应是否与成熟的丧亲两轨模型一致。发现非裔美国人以与该模型基本一致的方式参与其损失，尽管该模型未解决中等程度的文化差异。研究结果可能有助于“两轨制”模型的修改，以增加对丧亲的非裔美国人的敏感性。