Survivors' Reactions [microform] : Suicide vs. Other Causes / John L. McIntosh and Leah D. Kelly
- Bib ID:
- 5496117
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- McIntosh, John L
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED299466
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 29 p.
- Summary:
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The literature on suicide survivors suggests that suicide grief is different than the grief associated with survivorship from other causes. The few studies that have compared groups of survivors from other causes, however, have often not observed as many differences as expected based on the suicide survivors literature. In this study, 230 college students who had survived the suicide (N=61), accidental (N=92), or natural deaths (N=77) of a family member or close friend were asked to complete a set of questionnaires. Reactions of the survivors to the death were measured by a number of questions, the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, the Impact of Event Scale, and the Revised University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. Attitudes toward suicide survivors were assessed by the Aftermath of Suicide instrument. In general, many more similarities than differences were noted for the survivors of the various causes. No significant differences between the groups were observed for guilt, shame, isolation from others, or loneliness; thinking about suicide; time to resume normal functioning; or the impact of the event currently or immediately after the death. Compared to other survivors, however, suicide survivors reported significantly more stigmatizing events and blamed more people for the death. Survivors of sudden deaths, both suicidal and accidental, exhibited greater stigma and more of a desire to understand why after the death than did natural death survivors. (Author)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (21st, Washington, DC, April 13-17, 1988).
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Kelly, Leah D, author
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