中文摘要：

本研究通过对28位丧亲者进行深度访谈，使用解释现象学分析法对质性数据进行分析，探索中国丧亲个体的社会支持体验。结果显示，丧亲社会支持的内容包括后事处理、情感支持、生活恢复帮助，经济与物资支持等。支持来源除家人和朋友之外，还包括同事、相同经历者，以及相关机构等。社会支持通过调节情绪、改变认知等方式促进个体对丧亲的适应。本研究结果为最新丧亲社会支持模型提供了支持，同时也反映出中国社会对丧亲人群的社会支持特色。

英文摘要：

Bereavement is a painful and stressful experience. Given the beneficial effect of social support on stressful events or adversities, it is naturally to expect that social support will facilitate one＇s grief adaptation. However, there are mix findings about this issue in the literature. One of the reasons might be the lack of deep understanding of the bereaved person＇s experience of social support. Even though a theoretical model on social support in bereavement has been proposed recently, there is lack of substantial data about the actual experience of bereaved persons to enrich our understanding on this topic. Moreover, social support is the most common source for a Chinese bereaved person to seek help when in grief. Therefore, it is very important to gain more knowledge on this topic, and to hear the insiders＇ voice on their own experience. For such purpose, the present study adopts the qualitative method to understand the experience of social support among bereaved Chinese adults. A purposeful sampling method was adopted in this study to include participants. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 bereaved adults. Some of them joined the one to one in-depth interview, and the rest joined focused groups. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was adopted to analyze the qualitative data. The interviews reveal three main themes. The first is about the content of social support. It includes support for the after-death issues （such as arranging the fimeral）, emotional support （including helping the person to process or distract from the grief）, life recovery （adjusting to a new world without the deceased）, and material support （such as helping with economic difficulties）. The second is the main source of social support, which includes family members, friends, colleagues and other bereaved persons with similar loss experience. Governmental institutions also provide some form of support to the person. Finally, it is the influence of social support. We found that it facilitates t