Abstract

This study examined the relationship between reactions of the bereaved to conditions of the pandemic and severity of their grief and levels of impairment. A total of 831 American adults who lost a loved one to COVID-19 responded to validated measures of dysfunctional grief and functional impairment, as well as items assessing unique complications associated with the pandemic (e.g. resentment toward doctors, social isolation). In combination, circumstantial risk factors accounted for 59% of the variance in social impairment and fully 71% of the variance in pandemic grief, leading to the development of an inventory of Pandemic Grief Risk Factors (PGRF), which displayed a unified factor structure, high reliability and strong convergent validity. Implications for psychological screening and intervention for those bereaved by COVID-19 are briefly noted.

摘要

这项研究检查了丧亲者对大流行状况的反应与他们的悲伤严重程度和受损程度之间的关系。共有 831 名因 COVID-19 失去亲人的美国成年人对功能失调性悲痛和功能障碍的有效测量以及评估与大流行相关的独特并发症（例如对医生的怨恨、社会孤立）的项目做出了回应。综合起来，环境风险因素占社会损害方差的 59%，占大流行性悲伤方差的 71%，导致大流行性悲伤风险因素 (PGRF) 清单的开发，显示出统一的因子结构，信度高，收敛效度强。简要说明了对 COVID-19 丧亲者的心理筛查和干预的意义。