The Psychological and Social Experience of Suicide Survivors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628136
AutoresRobert G Dunn (Department of Sociology and Social Services, California State University, Hayward, autor de correspondencia), Donna Morrish-Vidners (Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention, Service of Alameda County)
Año1988
Volumen18
Número3
Páginas175-215
Fecha de publicación1988-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/6k91-gn16-0df6-5fue
OpenAlexW2054897757
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas33

This article discusses findings of an exploratory study of the psychological and social experience of suicide survivors. Detailed interviews were conducted with twenty-four people who had lost loved ones to suicide within the last five years. The study focuses on neglected dimensions of the adjustment problems of survivors by investigating the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings of survivors themselves over a broad range of questions. Major areas of concern are: 1) survivors' responses to the suicide, specifically patterns of explanation and blaming; 2) the impasse in interpersonal relations; 3) the dynamics of stigma, normlessness, and fear in survivors' contacts with others; and 4) negative and positive personal changes occurring in survivors as a result of their loss. Our findings suggest that survivors face complex problems of emotional, personal, and social adjustment requiring further attention by researchers and helping professionals

Anomie · Exploratory research · Feeling · Interpersonal communication · Perception · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies