Interpersonal Reactions to Bereaved Parents: An Exploration of Attachment and Interpersonal Theories
Description:
The experiment examined negative social reactions to bereaved parents from unrelated others. Both the behavior displayed by the parent and attachment style of the perceiver were expected to influence reactions to bereaved parents. Undergraduates at a southern university (N = 239) completed both attachment measures and measures of reactions to videotapes of bereaved parents. Results indicated that bereaved parents do indeed receive negative evaluations from unrelated others, in the form of decre…
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Date:
June 1990
Creator:
Wilhite, Thomas R. (Thomas Ray)