Julie Cerel
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4215286 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Julie Cerel |
| PRENOMES | Julie |
| SOBRENOME | Cerel |
| ASSINATURA | CEREL J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kentucky |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4534-5526 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 40 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Post traumatic growth among recent suicide loss survivors
Despite many studies of post-traumatic growth among suicide bereaved, information is lacking on recent suicide loss survivors. We investigated this with a diverse national sample of 1132 American adults, experiencing a suicide loss during the last six years. Bereaved reported on their post-traumatic growth, mental health, PTSD, depression, grieving difficulties, perceived stigma, suicidal ideation, and other mental health indicators. Findings con…
Examining the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Suicide-Attempt Survivors
Despite initial concerns about the severe negative impact of COVID-19 on individuals with a history of mental health problems and suicide attempts, its effects remain unclear. This study examined the pandemic's impact on individuals with and without lived experience of suicide attempts. An online nationwide sample of 1351 adults from the United States completed questionnaires from 26 May to 25 June 2021. A history of suicide attempt(s) (n = 159; …
Suicide Bereavement Among Black-Americans
Limited research attention has focused on examining the diverging adaptations of American Blacks and Whites to suicide losses. We utilized the 2016 General Social Survey, which included questions related to experiencing suicide bereavement, investigating hypotheses past studies suggested predicting Blacks face more grieving difficulties than their White counterparts. Comparing White respondents (n = 1,051) to the Blacks (n = 242) we examined conv…
Prevalence and vulnerability for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults recently bereaved by suicide
Research with longer-term survivors of suicide loss suggests that suicide bereavement is a major risk factor for suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB). This study examined the prevalence and correlates of STB among a national sample of adults recently bereaved by suicide ( N = 1,132). Nearly one-third ( n = 348; 30.7%) reported lifetime suicidal ideation and 14.4% ( n = 162) reported past-year suicidal ideation. Multivariate analyses indicated tha…
Social Support Somewhat Mitigates Grieving Problems of Recent Suicide Loss Survivors
Although past research shows social support mitigating grieving difficulties among longer-term suicide bereaved, it remains unproven whether this is true among newly bereaved suicide loss survivors. We investigated this question in an online survey of 1,132 recently bereaved adults reporting on their grief difficulties, PTSD symptoms, and depression. Results suggested social support slightly mitigated grief difficulties and PTSD. For people with …
The Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide Enhanced Questionnaire
The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Willingness to Intervene against Suicide Enhanced (WISE) questionnaire. The WISE is a revised version of the Willingness to Intervene against Suicide (WIS) questionnaire, which was based on the theory of planned behavior, and it has consistently predicted the intention to intervene with a suicidal individual. Evaluation of the WIS showed that it was internally consistent wi…
Universal Safety Planning for Suicide Prevention
Suicide rates have increased in the US over the last decades. Schools often deliver suicide prevention trainings and there is growing evidence that these trainings in schools are effective. The current study examined a new upstream approach, CODE RED in which trainees complete their own safety plan prior to a mental health emergency. Participants were adult school personnel ( n = 201) who completed CODE RED trainings and were surveyed using three…
Investigating the Social Correlates Associated With Getting Help After a Suicide or Not
Seeking to provide more systematic information on treatment-seeking and those not seeking help after a suicide, we investigated demographic, experiential and grief problems related correlates among recently suicide bereaved adults, conducting an on-line survey of a sample of U.S. 1,132 adults who lost a loved one to suicide during the last six years. Focusing upon first-degree relative loss survivors ( n = 222) we hypothesized those not seeking h…
Examining the Associations Between Substance Misuse and Suicide Bereavement
Focusing on the understudied question of substance misuse among suicide bereaved adults we investigated patterns of binge drinking and non-prescribed drug use among a recently bereaved sample ( n = 1,132). Comparing our respondents to the non-bereaved, those in the 2022 National Survey of Drug Use and Health ( n = 71,369), we did not find heightened problematical substance misuses among our respondents. With t -tests and multiple regression analy…
Impacts of exposure to suicide of a military colleague from the lived experience of veterans
Although exposure to the suicide death of a military colleague has been shown quantitatively to increase suicide risk factors among veterans, there are very few studies where veterans have been asked about this experience. This article presents a qualitative analysis of 38 interviews with U.S. veterans with exposure to the suicide death of a military colleague in past war operations. Participants described the impact of exposure in relation to th…
An Overlooked Emergency
An Overlooked Emergency: More Than One in Eight US Adults Have Had Their Lives Disrupted by Drug Overdose Deaths Alison Athey PhD, Beau Kilmer PhD, and Julie Cerel PhD Affiliation Alison Athey is with The RAND Corporation, Washington, DC. Beau Kilmer is with The RAND Corporation and the Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA. Julie Cerel is with the College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington. CopyRightCorrespondence should b…
Increased rates of suicide ideation and attempts in rural dwellers following the Sars‐CoV‐2 pandemic
PURPOSE: Those factors identified to increase the risk of suicide in rural dwellers were exacerbated by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, specifically economic factors, substance use, access to health care, and access to lethal weapons. Because the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on suicide ideation and attempts in rural populations have not been fully characterized in published literature, this study compares: (1) the rates of suicide ideation and attempts between…
Sexual Assault Victimization in Premature Female Mortalities
Previous research has documented many behavioral problems associated with being a female victim of sexual assault, but little attention has been devoted to whether this experience might be related to premature mortalities. We investigated this utilizing the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health survey, collected from over 10,000 adolescent females in 1995, whose premature deaths ( n = 65) were noted in 2007 in National Death I…
Social and cultural dimensions of loss of a military colleague by suicide or traumatic death
Veterans who have been exposed to suicide or traumatic death of a colleague experience heightened suicide risk, particularly where they report a close relationship to the deceased. There is a dearth of qualitative studies investigating the experience of loss of a military colleague to inform responses that veterans perceive as helpful. This study addresses this gap, thematically analysing fifty-one semi-structured interviews conducted in 2013–201…
Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Stigma of Suicide Scale Using a Sample of Adults Bereaved by Suicide and Suicide Attempt Survivors
The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a measure of public attitudes toward suicide decedents, which makes it unique from other scales that measure more general attitudes toward suicide. The aim of this study was to further replicate and extend the reliability and factor structure of the SOSS (both long- and short form) in a sample of individuals directly impacted by suicide. This study also sought to identify factors that impact suicide attitudes…
Suicide Attitudes Among Suicide Loss Survivors and Their Adaptation to Loss
Survivors' adaptation to a suicide loss is likely influenced by their attitudes toward suicide and their respective sociocultural contexts. Our study aimed to compare suicide attitudes and their association with depressive symptoms and sense of community safety in Japanese and American suicide loss survivors. A total of 193 Japanese survivors and 232 American survivors completed online surveys. The results show that Japanese survivors tended not …
From and for folks
To examine the role of various forms of social support as a protective factor for transgender and gender diverse individuals against suicidal ideation. Data analyzed in the current study were part of the 2017 Trans Lifeline Mental Health Survey. Self-identified transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults (N = 4147) completed an online, cross-sectional survey that included self-report measures on past-year suicidal ideation, perceived receipt of s…
A safe bet? Transgender and gender diverse experiences with inclusive therapists
Historically, the global mental health system has pathologized transgender and gender diverse (TGD) identities, imposing spurious diagnoses and nocuous "cures." Recently, the World Health Organization declassified "transgender" as a mental health disorder, and psychological organizations have acknowledged the harmful practice of conversion therapy and other culturally inept interventions. Some practitioners have begun to advertise their therapeut…
Comparing Attitudes Toward Stigmatized Deaths
The Role of Death Anxiety and Self-Esteem in Suicide Attitudes
The persistent stigmatization of suicide calls for a careful examination of the thought processes involved in perceptions of suicide. Hence, the present study is the first to apply terror management theory (TMT) and use experimental methods to examine whether reminders of death lead to increased stigma towards suicide and whether self-esteem moderates these stigmatized reactions. Consistent with the predicted effect of the death anxiety and self-…
Using Multiple Regression Analyses to Uncover Patterns of Correlates of Grief Problems, Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Suicide Bereaved Individuals
This analysis of a convenience sample survey of 195 suicide bereaved adults focuses on predictors of three important highly interrelated experiences among the suicide bereaved: grief problems, depression and suicidal thinking. Although each of these three experiences can be explained by a unique set of predictors, they share many commonalities. Several predictors stood out especially in either aggravating or alleviating these experiences: persona…
Occupational Suicide Exposure and Impact on Mental Health
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship of suicide exposure with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder across three occupational groups likely to be exposed to suicide (i.e., first responders, crisis workers, mental health professionals). An online survey was completed by 1,048 participants. Results indicated that first responders, mental health professionals, and crisis workers were all exposed to suici…
How Many People Are Exposed to Suicide? Not Six
It has long been stated that six people are left behind following every suicide. Despite a lack of empirical evidence, this has been extensively cited for over 30 years. Using data from a random‐digit dial survey, a more accurate number of people exposed to each suicide is calculated. A sample of 1,736 adults included 812 lifetime suicide‐exposed respondents who reported age and number of exposures. Each suicide resulted in 135 people exposed (kn…
Recipients of Suicide-Related Disclosure
It is important to explore factors that could help or hinder one's wellbeing following a suicide attempt, which could yield not only negative consequences but also posttraumatic growth (PTG; positive changes following a traumatic event). The present study used a multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) to test the relationship between disclosure, PTG, and posttraumatic depreciation among suicide attempt survivors when controlling for time si…
Attitudes About Suicide Ideation Among Suicide Loss Survivors
This study aimed to examine the attitudes of college students toward suicide and nonsuicide loss survivors’ future suicide intent—specifically the degree to which each is believed to be suicidal based on the characteristics of the loss and relationship to the deceased. Participants were asked to read a descriptive vignette about a bereaved individual and assess their judgment about the survivor’s current state of suicide-related ideation. The res…
Sexual Orientation and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Same-gender sexual orientation has been repeatedly shown to exert an independent influence on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, suggesting that risk factors and markers may differ in relative importance between lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and others. Analyses of recent data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health revealed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents reported higher rates of suicidal ideation and …
Risk for Suicide and the Role of Family
Limited research exists that examines the contribution of family factors to the development and treatment of suicide. Although suicidal behavior occurs within an individual, the context in which it occurs can add necessary insights for understanding and preventing suicide. In this article, the existing literature on the family's psychosocial role in the development of suicidal behavior is reviewed. Additionally, a review of the limited research o…
Disclosure in traumatic deaths as correlates of differential mental health outcomes
This analysis addresses the controversial question of whether disclosure of a significant other's traumatic death cause is associated with mental health outcomes. Consistent with the limited previous research, this data, collected from 131 suicide bereaved, 10 exclusively drug death bereaved, and six other bereaved respondents, showed fewer grief difficulties and better self-rated mental health among those inclined to openly disclose a significan…
Suicide Loss Survivors′ Experiences with Therapy
Surviving families of military suicide loss
The United States military began to experience a steady increase in suicide rates across all service branches at the inception of the wars in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). As the number of suicide deaths increased, so did the number of affected survivors who seek postvention support. Unique issues that accompany suicide death may expose survivors to a more distressing and complicated grief process. Peer support has clinically been observed …
An Overlooked Emergency
An Overlooked Emergency: More Than One in Eight US Adults Have Had Their Lives Disrupted by Drug Overdose Deaths Alison Athey PhD, Beau Kilmer PhD, and Julie Cerel PhD Affiliation Alison Athey is with The RAND Corporation, Washington, DC. Beau Kilmer is with The RAND Corporation and the Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA. Julie Cerel is with the College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington. CopyRightCorrespondence should b…
How personality, coping styles, and perceived closeness influence help-seeking attitudes in suicide-bereaved adults
This study examined the impact of personality, coping, and perceived closeness on help-seeking attitudes in suicide bereaved adults. Participants (n = 418; mean age = 49.50; 90% women, 89.7% Caucasian) completed measures of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness), coping, and attitudes toward seeking mental health services. Regression analyses revealed neuroticism as the strongest predictor of help-…
A State's Approach to Suicide Prevention Awareness
As part of Preventing Suicide: Kentucky's Plan, a gatekeeper training was implemented. The implementation of this brief educational intervention and changes in participants' suicide prevention attitudes were examined. Data were collected from 3,958 people in 213 sessions from May 2004 to August 2006. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the trainings. Immediately following the training, participants showed substantial increases …
Impacts of exposure to suicide of a military colleague from the lived experience of veterans
Although exposure to the suicide death of a military colleague has been shown quantitatively to increase suicide risk factors among veterans, there are very few studies where veterans have been asked about this experience. This article presents a qualitative analysis of 38 interviews with U.S. veterans with exposure to the suicide death of a military colleague in past war operations. Participants described the impact of exposure in relation to th…
The Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide Questionnaire
Three studies resulted in the Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide Questionnaire. College students (ns = 172, 253, and 367) completed an online questionnaire based on theory of planned behavior constructs regarding suicide intervention. Exploratory factor analysis produced 10 factors: intervening will affect the suicidal person and the participant; important others recommend seeking help, suggesting the suicidal person see a counselor, and ta…
The Role of Ritual in Children's Bereavement
Three hundred and eighteen parent-bereaved children aged 5–17 recruited from the community and their surviving parents were interviewed at 1, 6, 13, and 25 months post-parental death about their participation in funeral related rituals and subsequent adjustment following the death. Nearly all the children attended their parent's visitation, funeral, and burial. Children from families who did not have such rituals fare less well over time. Childre…
Sexual Orientation and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Same-gender sexual orientation has been repeatedly shown to exert an independent influence on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, suggesting that risk factors and markers may differ in relative importance between lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and others. Analyses of recent data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health revealed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents reported higher rates of suicidal ideation and …
The Impact of Suicide on the Family
Little research has examined the consequences of a suicide for social or family networks. Because suicide occurs within families, the focus on the aftermath of suicide within families is an important next step to determine exactly how to help survivors. In this article, we review and summarize the research on the impact of suicide on individuals within families and on family and social networks. We begin with a discussion of family changes follow…
A State's Approach to Suicide Prevention Awareness
As part of Preventing Suicide: Kentucky's Plan, a gatekeeper training was implemented. The implementation of this brief educational intervention and changes in participants' suicide prevention attitudes were examined. Data were collected from 3,958 people in 213 sessions from May 2004 to August 2006. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the trainings. Immediately following the training, participants showed substantial increases …
The Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide Questionnaire
Three studies resulted in the Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide Questionnaire. College students (ns = 172, 253, and 367) completed an online questionnaire based on theory of planned behavior constructs regarding suicide intervention. Exploratory factor analysis produced 10 factors: intervening will affect the suicidal person and the participant; important others recommend seeking help, suggesting the suicidal person see a counselor, and ta…
The Continuum of “Survivorship”
In light of prevailing confusion over the meaning of the term “suicide survivor,” we propose a more exact terminology for designating different levels of impact on those left behind by suicide, ranging on a continuum from those exposed to suicide through those who are affected by it and finally to those who are bereaved by suicide in the short‐ or long‐term, as a function of their loss of a close emotional attachment through this tragic form of l…
Risk for Suicide and the Role of Family
Limited research exists that examines the contribution of family factors to the development and treatment of suicide. Although suicidal behavior occurs within an individual, the context in which it occurs can add necessary insights for understanding and preventing suicide. In this article, the existing literature on the family's psychosocial role in the development of suicidal behavior is reviewed. Additionally, a review of the limited research o…
How personality, coping styles, and perceived closeness influence help-seeking attitudes in suicide-bereaved adults
This study examined the impact of personality, coping, and perceived closeness on help-seeking attitudes in suicide bereaved adults. Participants (n = 418; mean age = 49.50; 90% women, 89.7% Caucasian) completed measures of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness), coping, and attitudes toward seeking mental health services. Regression analyses revealed neuroticism as the strongest predictor of help-…
Suicide Loss Survivors′ Experiences with Therapy
Recommendations for research on suicide loss
As detailed in the lead article in this Special Issue, the Survivors of Suicide Loss Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention in the United States has recently worked to formulate national guidelines to mitigate the harmful aftereffects of suicide in social and family systems. In the present article, we elaborate on one of four strategic directions addressed by the Task Force, namely, the development of goals and objectiv…
The Role of Social Work in Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
Social workers frequently encounter those affected by suicide. However, the social work voice on suicide has been relatively absent from the literature. This scoping review aimed to map the contribution social work research has made to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. Two hundred and forty-one papers on suicide authored by social workers were identified. Results demonstrate that explanatory research remains the primary mode of s…
Do Primary Care Physicians Help the Bereaved With Their Suicide Losses
Several previous studies suggested that primary care physicians can provide important bereavement assistance to survivors of suicide, yet no study has investigated whether suicide-bereaved patients perceive their physicians as helpful. Contacting bereavement communities on social media, we collected online survey data from 146 bereaved respondents reporting suicides causing them severe emotional distress. Data analysis suggested that nearly half …
Disclosure in traumatic deaths as correlates of differential mental health outcomes
This analysis addresses the controversial question of whether disclosure of a significant other's traumatic death cause is associated with mental health outcomes. Consistent with the limited previous research, this data, collected from 131 suicide bereaved, 10 exclusively drug death bereaved, and six other bereaved respondents, showed fewer grief difficulties and better self-rated mental health among those inclined to openly disclose a significan…
Attitudes About Suicide Ideation Among Suicide Loss Survivors
This study aimed to examine the attitudes of college students toward suicide and nonsuicide loss survivors’ future suicide intent—specifically the degree to which each is believed to be suicidal based on the characteristics of the loss and relationship to the deceased. Participants were asked to read a descriptive vignette about a bereaved individual and assess their judgment about the survivor’s current state of suicide-related ideation. The res…
Surviving families of military suicide loss
The United States military began to experience a steady increase in suicide rates across all service branches at the inception of the wars in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). As the number of suicide deaths increased, so did the number of affected survivors who seek postvention support. Unique issues that accompany suicide death may expose survivors to a more distressing and complicated grief process. Peer support has clinically been observed …
Exploring lived experience in gender and sexual minority suicide attempt survivors
Gender and sexual minorities (GSM) are at a higher risk for victimization, discrimination, and emotional distress. GSM also face unique stressors that contribute to negative mental health outcomes, such as family and interpersonal rejection, ostracism and isolation, and internalized gender and sexual stigma. Suicide attempt survivors often experience similar stigma and isolation after an attempt. However, little is known about the specific experi…
How Many People Are Exposed to Suicide? Not Six
It has long been stated that six people are left behind following every suicide. Despite a lack of empirical evidence, this has been extensively cited for over 30 years. Using data from a random‐digit dial survey, a more accurate number of people exposed to each suicide is calculated. A sample of 1,736 adults included 812 lifetime suicide‐exposed respondents who reported age and number of exposures. Each suicide resulted in 135 people exposed (kn…
Recipients of Suicide-Related Disclosure
It is important to explore factors that could help or hinder one's wellbeing following a suicide attempt, which could yield not only negative consequences but also posttraumatic growth (PTG; positive changes following a traumatic event). The present study used a multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) to test the relationship between disclosure, PTG, and posttraumatic depreciation among suicide attempt survivors when controlling for time si…
Occupational Suicide Exposure and Impact on Mental Health
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship of suicide exposure with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder across three occupational groups likely to be exposed to suicide (i.e., first responders, crisis workers, mental health professionals). An online survey was completed by 1,048 participants. Results indicated that first responders, mental health professionals, and crisis workers were all exposed to suici…
Comparing Attitudes Toward Stigmatized Deaths
The Role of Death Anxiety and Self-Esteem in Suicide Attitudes
The persistent stigmatization of suicide calls for a careful examination of the thought processes involved in perceptions of suicide. Hence, the present study is the first to apply terror management theory (TMT) and use experimental methods to examine whether reminders of death lead to increased stigma towards suicide and whether self-esteem moderates these stigmatized reactions. Consistent with the predicted effect of the death anxiety and self-…
Using Multiple Regression Analyses to Uncover Patterns of Correlates of Grief Problems, Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Suicide Bereaved Individuals
This analysis of a convenience sample survey of 195 suicide bereaved adults focuses on predictors of three important highly interrelated experiences among the suicide bereaved: grief problems, depression and suicidal thinking. Although each of these three experiences can be explained by a unique set of predictors, they share many commonalities. Several predictors stood out especially in either aggravating or alleviating these experiences: persona…
Social and cultural dimensions of loss of a military colleague by suicide or traumatic death
Veterans who have been exposed to suicide or traumatic death of a colleague experience heightened suicide risk, particularly where they report a close relationship to the deceased. There is a dearth of qualitative studies investigating the experience of loss of a military colleague to inform responses that veterans perceive as helpful. This study addresses this gap, thematically analysing fifty-one semi-structured interviews conducted in 2013–201…
Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Stigma of Suicide Scale Using a Sample of Adults Bereaved by Suicide and Suicide Attempt Survivors
The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a measure of public attitudes toward suicide decedents, which makes it unique from other scales that measure more general attitudes toward suicide. The aim of this study was to further replicate and extend the reliability and factor structure of the SOSS (both long- and short form) in a sample of individuals directly impacted by suicide. This study also sought to identify factors that impact suicide attitudes…
Suicide Attitudes Among Suicide Loss Survivors and Their Adaptation to Loss
Survivors' adaptation to a suicide loss is likely influenced by their attitudes toward suicide and their respective sociocultural contexts. Our study aimed to compare suicide attitudes and their association with depressive symptoms and sense of community safety in Japanese and American suicide loss survivors. A total of 193 Japanese survivors and 232 American survivors completed online surveys. The results show that Japanese survivors tended not …
Medicine (37 obras) · Psychology (35 obras) · Psychiatry (33 obras) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (31 obras) · Poison control (30 obras) · Suicide prevention (30 obras) · Medical emergency (27 obras) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (24 obras) · Clinical Psychology (23 obras) · Clinical Psychology (19 obras)