The Relationship Between Bereavement and Depressive Symptoms
Articles must be from a recent scientific psychology journal (within past 5 years). • Journal hardcopies are located on the 1st floor shelves of the Science Library near the copy machines. • Electronic journals are available through the Binghamton Library web site. • The article must be a primary research article (must contain “Method”, “Results”, and “Discussion” sections). • No review papers or meta-analyses. • Articles from Psychology Today DO NOT QUALIFY.• Summaries should address the questions listed in the Research
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Articles should be no older than five years, e.g. it is currently 2018, therefore the oldest year you can choose an article from to write on is 2013.
Brain and Cognition
Brain and Language
Cognition
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Therapy and Research
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Processes
Development and Psychopathology
Journal of Abnormal Psychiatry
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
Journal of Memory and Language
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Language and Cognitive Processes
Learning and Behavior
Learning and Motivation
Memory
Memory & Cognition
Perception and Psychophysics
Psychological Bulletin
Psychological Bulletin & Review
Psychological Research
Psychological Review
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
The article that was chosen investigates the relationship that exists between bereavement and the depressive symptoms that are observed in people. The study involved 1,532 married men and women who were aged between 65 years or older. The individuals who lost their spouse were interviewed to get their views on their state of life before and after they had lost their partner. There were two interviews that were carried out and they were labeled in the form of waves that is Wave 1 and Wave 2. There were 241 widows and 274 controls who were included in the analytic sample. The findings from the interviewed were later combined and matched according to the age and the gender of the parties involved. The information obtained was taken through a statistical analysis to get the exact data from the results that were obtained from the study. The data that was obtained from the research was taken through two different competing hypotheses that offered an explanation on the ways in which bereavement leads to depression among the couples. The first hypothesis suggested that bereavement has an indirect relationship with depressive symptoms and it operates on a latent variable. The other assumption is that the symptoms of depression are due to bereavement and it occurs through a networking model.
The results that were obtained from the research showed that mental health problems that are observed in patients are due to the various problems that they experience while they are undergoing treatment. The ...