Mourning in Japan
| Autor: | Keigo Okonogi, Tetsuya Iwasaki, Saburo Yoshimura, Joe Yamamoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Cross-Cultural Comparison Psychoanalysis media_common.quotation_subject Buddhism Culture Poison control Suicide prevention Fantasy Christianity Japan Adaptation Psychological London Medicine Humans Psychoanalytic theory Ceremonial Behavior media_common business.industry Accidents Traffic Middle Aged Cross-cultural studies Object Attachment Death Religion Psychiatry and Mental health Psychoanalytic Theory Grief Female business |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of psychiatry. 125(12) |
| ISSN: | 0002-953X |
| Popis: | The authors examine the process of mourning in a culture whose religions sanction the implied presence of the deceased through ancestor worship, as compared to a culture where this is not acceptable or encouraged. Most of 20 Japanese widows interviewed during the acute grief phase of mourning adhered to the cultural beliefs and were less depressed and anxious and had less difficulty accepting the loss than those who did not. The authors suggest that the almost universal Japanese custom of ancestor worship serves an important adaptive function in the work of mourning. |
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