@article{ref1,
title="Suicide survivor support groups: Comings and goings, part I",
journal="Illness, crisis and loss",
year="2011",
author="Feigelman, B. and Feigelman, W.",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="57-71",
abstract="This two-part report examines important aspects of survivor of suicide support groups: some of the motivating factors attracting survivors to join these groups and why many withdraw as time after a loss passes. From a variety of data sources, including survey data collected from 462 parents losing a child to suicide, participant observation data (collected over a 7-year period from more than 200 suicide survivors observed at monthly group meetings) and from follow-up interviews with 24 respondents withdrawing from groups, we investigate the above questions. In this first part, we focus on motivating factors leading suicide-bereaved individuals to participate in support groups and explore several hypotheses associated with participation: conventional religious involvements, family size differences, perceived grief and psychological distress, and help received from bereavement professionals. The present study did not confirm the research-based expectation that support group members would be more distressed than their less active counterparts. © 2011, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-1373",
doi="10.2190/IL.19.1.e",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/IL.19.1.e"
}