Suicide Bereavement Among Black-Americans
Evidence From the General Social Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Feigelman (0000-0002-7978-8368, Nassau Community College, corresponding author), Julie Cerel (0000-0002-4534-5526, University of Kentucky), John L Mcintosh (0000-0001-5002-4412, Indiana University South Bend), John McIntosh (Department of Psychology, University of Indiana South Bend, South Bend, IN, USA), Nina Gutin (Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, Culver City, CA, USA), Alice C Edwards (University of Kentucky) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 302228251370910-302228251370910 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228251370910 |
| PMID | 40833251 |
| OpenAlex | W4413353028 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
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 convergences and divergences between each in their suicide exposures and bereavements, closeness to the deceased, time since loss, differences in depression and other mental health assessments. With t-tests and Chi-square significance tests we examined whether the Black suicide bereaved respondents showed evidence of heightened mental health problems compared to the Whites. This data did not confirm any evidence of heightened grief or mental health problems among the Black respondents. Owing to the limited number of measurements of mental health assessments more research will be needed to confirm these findings
Closeness · Depression (economics · Ethnic group · Grief · Medical emergency · Mental health · Mexican americans · Non-Hispanic whites · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · White (mutation · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
The CES-D Scale
From Grief to Grievance
Representations of African Americans in the Grief and Mourning Literature from 1998 to 2014
How They Died, Time since Loss, and Bereavement Outcomes
Using Multiple Regression Analyses to Uncover Patterns of Correlates of Grief Problems, Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Suicide Bereaved Individuals
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Widowhood for African-American Women
Suicide and Homicide Bereavement among African Americans
Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults
Cultural responses to loss and grief among Black Americans
Elevated Rates of Prolonged Grief Disorder in African Americans
Social Support Somewhat Mitigates Grieving Problems of Recent Suicide Loss Survivors
The Aftermath of Suicide among African Americans
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |