The Adjustment of Positive Affect in Recently Bereaved Widows
Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2013
Location
Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-20-2013 2:00 PM
End Date
4-20-2013 3:00 PM
Disciplines
Psychology
Abstract
The experience of conjugal loss has often been likened into a roller coaster, with extreme emotional highs and lows. The current study investigates the dynamic emotion regulation over the first three months of bereavement. In addition, four resilience resources were investigates as predictors of intraindividual differences in the parameters of change in positive affect. Results of analyzes of daily data collected over 98 days suggest that there are fluctuations in positive affect following conjugal loss that occur at a non-zero frequency and that damp over time; furthermore this study identifies personal and social resources that positively influence adjustment.
The Adjustment of Positive Affect in Recently Bereaved Widows
Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
The experience of conjugal loss has often been likened into a roller coaster, with extreme emotional highs and lows. The current study investigates the dynamic emotion regulation over the first three months of bereavement. In addition, four resilience resources were investigates as predictors of intraindividual differences in the parameters of change in positive affect. Results of analyzes of daily data collected over 98 days suggest that there are fluctuations in positive affect following conjugal loss that occur at a non-zero frequency and that damp over time; furthermore this study identifies personal and social resources that positively influence adjustment.