Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to document the course and 1-month postbereavement predictors of both positive and negative psychological states in bereaved gay male caregivers for 3 years following the death of their partners. The results show that although the patterns of postbereavement depressive mood and positive psychological states were similar, some of their predictors differed. Given that the processes that produce positive psychological states are not the same as those that produce negative states, our findings support the inclusion of both positive and negative psychological states in studies of postbereavement adjustment.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 471-500 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Death Studies |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2003 |
Funding
Received12 August 2002; accepted16 December 2002. The writing of this article was supported by grants 49985 and 52517 from the National Institute of Mental Health and grant 58069 from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Nursing Research. Address correspondence toJudy Moskowitz, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF, 1701Divisadero, Suite150, San Francisco, CA 94115. E-mail: [email protected]
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)