Social Support and Help-Seeking Among Suicide Bereaved

A Study With Italian Survivors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628582
AutoresLorenza Entilli (0000-0001-9176-0301, University of Padua, autor de correspondencia), Diego De Leo (0000-0001-8255-6480, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia), Fabio Aiolli (0000-0002-5823-7540, University of Padua), Mirko Polato (0000-0003-4890-5020, University of Padua), Ombretta Gaggi (0000-0003-1395-7787, University of Padua), Sabrina Cipolletta (0000-0001-9886-5683, University of Padua)
Año2021
Volumen87
Número2
Páginas534-553
Fecha de publicación2021-06-15
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)
DOI10.1177/00302228211024112
PMID34128417
OpenAlexW3166621070
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas45

Research over how suicide survivors approach services is limited. Aims : This cross-sectional study explores the psychological state and perceived social support of Italian survivors, including those who have not sought for help, and investigates differences for gender or kinship with the departed. Methods: Rule-based system (RBS) analyses identified relationships between social support and reported formal/informal help-seeking behavior. One-hundred thirty-two (103F; 27M) suicide survivors (53 having never sought for support) answered an anonymous online survey. Life satisfaction, wellbeing, perceived social support, suicidal ideation and formal/informal help-seeking were investigated. Results: RBS analysis identified different help-seeking behaviors: survivors lacking social support may avoid reaching a psychologist and prefer GPs, look for advice in online forums and rely on people out of their narrower network such as co-workers. Conclusion: These unique study's results offer insight to identify which specific areas would be fruitful to investigate while assessing social support in bereaved individuals

Help-seeking · Kinship · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Social support · Sociology · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies