TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Suicide survivor support groups: Comings and goings, part I
JO  - Illness, crisis and loss
A1  - Feigelman, B.
A1  - Feigelman, W.
SP  - 57
EP  - 71
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-1373
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/IL.19.1.e
ID  - ref1
ER  -