2024/01/16 by Simon Shimshon Rubin, Alexander Manevich, Einat Yehene
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health #Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/00302228241226471
crossref issued 2024/01/16 · crossref published 2024/01/16 · crossref published-online 2024/01/16 · openalex publication_date 2024/01/16 · crossref created 2024/01/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref published-print 2026/03/01 · crossref deposited 2026/05/01 · crossref indexed 2026/07/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The shift from the detachment model of mourning to the continuing bonds paradigm in bereavement placed relationships to the deceased alongside relationships to the living. This emphasis on the continuation of the connection to the other person after death paradoxically narrowed the gap between relationships in life and after death. We explore and expand the concept of continuing bonds as it is now used in the field of loss and bereavement by comparing spousal relationships in the living, deceased and divorced. The Two-Track Model of Loss and Bereavement is a framework and clinical paradigm that clarifies similarities and differences in these three pair-bond relationships. The focus on continuing bonds adds and deepens theory, clinical and research aspects of assessing spousal relationship for the living as well as the bereaved and divorced.