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Trial reportSuicide & life-threatening behavior2016

The Effects of the Family Bereavement Program to Reduce Suicide Ideation and/or Attempts of Parentally Bereaved Children Six and Fifteen Years Later.

Irwin Sandler, Jenn-Yun Tein, Sharlene Wolchik, Tim S Ayers

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Systematic Literature Review of Attempted Suicide and Offspring.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
    Pooled it
  4. Addressing Suicide and Mental Health Through Universal Childhood Intervention: Results from The Seattle Social Development Project.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
    Trial
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  7. Annual Research Review: Beyond the target - understanding crossover effects in family-centered prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026
    Review
  8. Indirect Effects of the Coping Power Intervention on Latent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: an Integrative Data Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
    Article
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  15. Preventing Youth Suicide: Potential "Crossover Effects" of Existing School-Based Programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023
    Review
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  18. Lived Experiences of Suicide Bereavement within Families: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irwin SandlerDepartment of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Jenn-Yun TeinDepartment of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Sharlene WolchikDepartment of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Tim S AyersDepartment of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Arizona State University · US

Funding

Impact of the Family Bereavement Program Fifteen Years LaterR01MH049155 · NIMH · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI AYERS, TIM S, SANDLER, IRWIN N. · 1994 to 2014
$6.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH049155NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH049155-11A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Findings concerning the long-term effects of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) to reduce suicide ideation and/or attempts of parentally bereaved children and adolescents are presented. Parental death is a significant risk factor for suicide among offspring (Guldin et al., 2015). This study is a long-term follow-up of 244 children and adolescents who had participated in a randomized trial of the FBP, examining the intervention effects on suicide ideation and/or attempts as assessed through multiple sources. Results indicate a significant effect of the FBP to reduce suicide ideation and/or attempts at the 6- and 15-year follow-up evaluation. The findings support the potential benefits of further research on "upstream" suicide prevention.

Indexed as

BereavementFamily TherapySuicidal IdeationAdolescentAdultChildFemaleGriefHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParental DeathPsychotherapy, GroupRisk FactorsSuicideSuicide, Attempted

Identifiers

PMID27094109
PMCPMC6108320
OpenAlexW2339840378

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