Citation

Brazda GF, Range LM, Remley TP, White CC. Death Stud. 2019; 43(4): 235-239.

Affiliation

Counseling and Behavioral Sciences, College of Counseling, Education and Business , University of Holy Cross , New Orleans , LA , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2018.1450792

PMID

29543570

Abstract

Counseling professionals and graduate students (N = 117) recruited online read a randomly assigned one-paragraph vignette about either a non-rational or rational suicide involving an imaginary loved one. Then, they completed the Grief Experiences Questionnaire (GEQ) about how they would feel. The non-rational suicide group expected significantly more search for explanation than the rational suicide group, but were not significantly different on the other six GEQ subscales. All participants expected few distressing reactions to either vignette, suggesting a one-paragraph vignette may not be sufficient to induce the kind of grief many experience when a loved one dies by suicide.

Language: en

Keywords

grief; grief experiences questionnaire; rational suicide; right to die; vignette