Citation

Oexle N, Sheehan L. Crisis 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-5.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

10.1027/0227-5910/a000594

PMID

31030548

Abstract

Aims: To examine the associations between perceived social support, grief difficulties, depressive symptoms, suicidality, and personal growth among 195 suicide loss survivors.

Method: The associations between perceived social support, grief difficulties, depressive symptoms, suicidality, and personal growth were tested using linear regression modeling.

Results: In controlled models, more perceived social support was significantly associated with decreased grief difficulties, depressive symptoms, and suicidality, as well as with increased personal growth. Limitations: Participants were mostly Caucasian women who participated in a cross-sectional online survey.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that programs to increase social support after suicide loss may be an important aspect of suicide postvention.

Keywords: suicide loss survivors, suicide bereavement, social support, suicidality/p>

Language: en

Keywords

social support; suicidality; suicide bereavement; suicide loss survivors