The psychological research on grief and coping behaviors after the bereavement in terminal care : Focusing on the nurses in the palliative care units

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  • ターミナルケアにおける死別後の悲嘆と対処行動に関する心理学的研究 : 緩和ケア病棟の看護婦を対象に
  • ターミナルケアニオケルシベツゴノヒタントタイショコウドウニカンスルシンリガクテキケンキュウ : カンワケアビョウトウノカンゴフヲタイショウニ
  • ターミナルケア ニ オケル シベツ ゴ ノ ヒタン ト タイショ コウドウ ニ カンスル シンリガクテキ ケンキュウ カンワ ケア ビョウトウ ノ カンゴフ オ タイショウ ニ

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This study examined the effect of patients death on the nurses in the palliative care units from the viewpoint of grief and coping. The author made the scale on grief and coping behaviors from the data of 197 nurses who work in palliative care units. In the grief scale, three factors were extracted: depression, a sense of self-condemnation, and feelings of capture and lassitude. In the coping behavior scale, three factors were also extracted: positive-emotion-focused coping, negative-emotion-focused coping, problem-fucused coping. The results showed that age and working years were related to a sense of the self-condemnation. It was also indicated that supporting nurses also who are young and less experienced is especially important. In relation with coping, there was one particular group of nurses in which the grief score was extremely low. Regarding this point, further research from the viewpoint of burnout will be necessary.

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  • 九州大学心理学研究

    九州大学心理学研究 3 217-227, 2002-03-31

    Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

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