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由非西班牙裔白人研究人员创建，并在非西班牙裔白人人群中进行规范。然而，这可能无法捕捉到悲伤经历的多样性。我们对 14 名中年至老年非裔美国人进行了半结构化访谈，以调查对失去的反应是否与成熟的双轨丧亲模型一致。发现非裔美国人以与该模型大体一致的方式处理他们的损失，尽管该模型未解决适度的文化细微差别。研究结果可能有助于修改双轨模型，以提高对失去亲人的非洲裔美国人的敏感性。