The impact of relationship type and closeness on mental health following suicide loss.

Autor: Brown HL; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Selbe SM; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Flesaker M; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Rosellini AJ; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Maple M; University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia., Gradus JL; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Cerel J; College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Suicide & life-threatening behavior [Suicide Life Threat Behav] 2024 Jun; Vol. 54 (3), pp. 479-488. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 20.
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13063
Abstrakt: Background: Most research investigating the effect of suicide on loss survivors has been limited to first-degree family members. Few studies examine the impact of suicide on others outside the immediate family and the influence of relationship type and closeness on mental health.
Methods: This study used data from a sample obtained through random digit dialing (n = 805) to assess exposure to suicide loss, relationship types, perceived closeness, and mental health symptoms (prolonged grief, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder).
Results: Familial status, friend status, and higher perceived closeness were associated with prolonged grief, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder, with the strongest adjusted associations observed for posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief. In general, the magnitude of adjusted standardized associations for closeness and mental health symptoms was stronger than those observed for familial status and mental health symptoms and friend status and mental health symptoms.
Conclusion: Closeness, familial status, and friend status are associated with mental health symptoms experienced after suicide loss, but the magnitude of associations was strongest for closeness. Future studies should examine perceived closeness in addition to other factors related to relationship type and dynamics to assess the complexities of suicide bereavement reactions.
(© 2024 American Association of Suicidology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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