Affect dynamics,bereavement and resilience to loss |
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Authors: | Karin G Coifman George A Bonanno Eshkol Rafaeli |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 218, New York, NY 10027, USA;(2) Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | This investigation applied Zautra and colleagues’ Dynamic Model of Affect (DMA; Zautra: 2003, Emotions, Stress and Health
(Oxford University Press, New York); Reich et al.: 2003, Review of General Psychology 7(1), pp. 66–83) to help understand
resilience among a sample of middle-aged participants coping with the recent death of a spouse or child. We replicated and
extended this model by examining interaffect correlations (individual correlations between negative and positive affect over
time) in resilient versus symptomatic bereaved people. As predicted by the DMA, resilient bereaved had weaker (or less negative)
interaffect correlations than symptomatic bereaved even when controlling for self-reported distress. These findings suggest
that resilient individuals possess a capacity for a more complex affective experience and that this capacity serves a salutary
function in the aftermath of aversive life events.
The research described in this article was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Health, R29-MH57274 (George
A. Bonanno). |
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Keywords: | affect bereavement resilience stress |
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