Spousal Mourning for Partners Living with Cognitive Impairment: The Interplay of Attachment and the Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief

Autor:	Alexander Manevich, Simon Shimshon Rubin, Michael Katz, Rachel Ben-Hayun, Judith Aharon-Peretz
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Health (social science) Life-span and Life-course Studies Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Zdroj:	OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. :003022282211426
ISSN:	1541-3764 0030-2228
DOI:	10.1177/00302228221142632
Popis:	The aim of the present research was to study the interplay of Attachment Theory and the Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief. To examine the research hypotheses, a cross-sectional study was designed and included 122 participants (Mean age = 72.77) drawn from four groups: spouses of people living with mild to moderate cognitive impairment, spouses of people living with advanced cognitive impairment, widowed spouses of deceased dementia patients, and a control group. Participants completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Results showed that secure attachment constitutes a significant protective factor with regard to bio-psycho-social symptomatology (Track I) as well as difficulties in the relational bond with the spouse and grief over their deterioration (Track II). The results of the research support integrating attachment-based insights into clinical work with spouses coping with the losses accompanying cognitive decline and the grief processes that are operant in these losses.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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