Austėja Agnietė Čepulienė

Biographic Data

ID1189007
NAMEAustėja Agnietė Čepulienė
GIVEN NAMESAustėja Agnietė
FAMILY NAMEČepulienė
SIGNATUREČEPULIENĖ A A
AFFILIATIONSVilnius University
ORCID0000-0002-2241-1607
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Recognizing risk, bearing responsibility

    Jurgita Rimkevičienė, Austėja Agnietė Čepulienė et al.ARTICLEDeath Studies2026

    This article explores Lithuanian physicians' experiences with documenting suicide risk following 2023 regulations mandating the registration of suicide-related diagnoses and referrals for psychosocial assessment. Based on qualitative interviews with 16 non-psychiatrist physicians from outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings, the study identified four themes. (1) The need to learn to talk about suicide reveals doctors' discomfort, lack of tr…

  • The functions of the dreams of the deceased

    Austėja Agnietė Čepulienė, Paulius SkruibisARTICLEDeath Studies2023References: 9

    Suicide bereavement is a challenging experience that affects relationships, feelings, and physical and mental health. The research on dreams during suicide bereavement might deepen the understanding of how the loved one's suicide affects the person and what functions the dreams can have during the bereavement process. Therefore, the goal of the current study was to explore the functions of the dreams of the deceased during suicide bereavement in …

  • Spirituality-Related Experiences of Continuing Bonds after a Life Partner's Suicide

    Open AccessAustėja Agnietė Čepulienė, Beata PučinskaitėARTICLEReligions2023Cited by: 1References: 29

    Background: Bereavement after a life partner's suicide can be a complex experience marked by a grieving process and post-traumatic reactions. Transforming the continuing bond after such a loss is a difficult but important task. Little is known about how spirituality can function in the context of continuing bonds during suicide bereavement. This study aimed to reveal how women bereaved by their life partners' suicide experience a spirituality-rel…

  • The Role of Spirituality during Suicide Bereavement

    Open AccessAustėja Agnietė Čepulienė, Paulius SkruibisARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Spirituality, if personally meaningful and supported by others, can function as a resource after a loved one's suicide and even add to post-traumatic growth after the loss. On the contrary, spirituality-related issues, such as stigmatization and a lack of personally meaningful traditions, can distress the bereaved. Difficult spiritual experiences and questions can become an intricate part of the grief process

  • Silence and Sounds

    Open AccessAustėja Agnietė ČepulienėARTICLEReligions2022Cited by: 1References: 40

    In this article, I used autoethnography to describe and analyze my experience of being bereaved by suicide and researching spirituality during suicide bereavement. The culture silenced my grief, and this is congruent with the experiences of my research participants. The religious community, in my case, did not help me and added to my spiritual and psychological pain. The silenced parts of my loss started to make sounds, such as psychological dist…

  • Spirituality and Religiosity during Suicide Bereavement

    Open AccessAustėja Agnietė Čepulienė, Beata Pučinskaitė et al.ARTICLEReligions2021

    A loved one’s loss to suicide can be a traumatic experience and trigger a difficult grief process, identity changes, a loss of the sense of meaning and a spiritual crisis. Spirituality and/or religiosity (S/R) can be both an important resource and a source of stigmatisation during suicide bereavement. This study aims to synthesise the extant findings about S/R during suicide bereavement in qualitative studies. After an exhaustive selection of art…