Ethical Bonds Transformation in Bereaved Taiwanese Families: A Preliminary Study

Ethical bonds transformation is a cultural phenomenon in Taiwanese bereaved families. When the death event occurs, the absent status of the deceased invokes spontaneous change in whole family to cope with the irreparable loss. In the present study, 283 bereaved individuals were recruited to develop...

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Published inOmega: Journal of Death and Dying Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 1592 - 1608
Main Authors Lee, Wan-Lin, Yu, Hsiu-Ting, Lin, Yaw-Sheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2024
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Bereavement
Exploratory factor analysis
Grief
Transformation
family grief
ethical bonds
continuing bonds
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Summary:Ethical bonds transformation is a cultural phenomenon in Taiwanese bereaved families. When the death event occurs, the absent status of the deceased invokes spontaneous change in whole family to cope with the irreparable loss. In the present study, 283 bereaved individuals were recruited to develop the ethical bonds transformation scale. Exploratory factor analysis has generated two factors: ethical bonds and symbolic bonds. Partial correlation has shown that ethical bonds was positively correlated with post-grief growth and negatively correlated with most of the grief related symptoms, indicating that ethical bonds might be a protective factor in the family grief process.
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ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
1541-3764
DOI:10.1177/00302228221097292