@article{ref1,
title="Writing projects: lessening undergraduates' unique suicidal bereavement",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2000",
author="Range, Lillian M. and Kovac, S. H.",
volume="30",
number="1",
pages="50-60",
abstract="To assess if writing projects lessen undergraduates' grief following a loved one's suicide, 40 students whose loved one died by suicide in the past 2 years wrote on four occasions over 2 weeks about profound topics (e.g., events and emotions surrounding the death) or trivial topics (e.g., description of the previous meal). All participants completed pre- and posttest measures of grief and self-reported health visits, and 75% completed the same measures at 6-week mailed follow-up. As expected, individuals in the profound condition reported less grief associated with suicide at follow-up than those in the trivial condition. However, the trivial and profound groups were not significantly different in general grief or health visits. Writing about grief associated with the suicide of a loved one appeared to reduce suicidal grief associated with this event. However, this benefit did not extend to general grief or physical health.",
language="",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}