Citation

Kheibari A, Cerel J, Sanford R. Psychol. Rep. 2018; ePub(ePub): 33294118795882.

Affiliation

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0033294118795882

PMID

30180789

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the attitudes of college students toward suicide and nonsuicide loss survivors' future suicide intent-specifically the degree to which each is believed to be suicidal based on the characteristics of the loss and relationship to the deceased. Participants were asked to read a descriptive vignette about a bereaved individual and assess their judgment about the survivor's current state of suicide-related ideation. The results revealed that the likelihood of indicating suicide-related ideation was decreased by 5.9% for each year that the participant aged. This study provides useful knowledge about the perception of suicidal ideation among bereaved individuals.

Language: en

Keywords

Death attitudes; bereavement; perceived risk; suicide ideation; suicide loss survivors