내재적 종교성향과 복합비애의 관계에서 의미재구성의 매개효과: 자살 유가족을 중심으로 = Mediating Effect of Meaning Reconstruction on the Relationship between Intrinsic Religious Orientation and Complicated Grief: Focusing on Suicide Survivors

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to investigate the mediating effect of meaning reconstruction on the relationship between intrinsic religious orientation and complicated grief. For this purpose, 53 adults who experienced the suicide of a family member at least six months earlier responded to a survey to identify the intrinsic religious orientation scale, grief and meaning reconstruction inventory (GMRI), and inventory of complicated grief-revised (ICG-r). Given that a large sampling is difficult because of the characteristics of the subject, six people were privately interviewed. A correlation analysis was conducted to investigate the relations among meaning reconstruction, intrinsic religious orientation, and complicated grief. The findings are as follows. A complete mediating effect of meaning reconstruction was identified between intrinsic religious orientation and complicated grief. This means that intrinsic religious orientation influences complicated grief through meaning reconstruction. This result shows that reconstructing the meaning of separation by suicide can be an important approach to relieving complicated grief. This study shows that the strategy of meaning reconstruction can help relieve the complicated grief experienced by suicide survivors. It also confirms that stronger intrinsic religious orientation might have an indirect influence on the treatment of grief because it affects the meaning reconstruction process by ascribing high value to life. Thus, grief can be treated effectively when religious understanding and meaning reconstruction are considered in the process of treatment. This study provides a guideline for the therapeutic intervention of the bereaved in the process of pastoral counseling. Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future study are also discussed.