ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Feelings of Blameworthiness and Their Associations With the Grieving Process in Suicide Mourning.
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- Traumatic loss: a systematic review of potential risk factors differentiating between posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief disorder.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Pooled it
- Measuring Grief in the Context of Traumatic Loss: A Systematic Review of Assessment Instruments.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Investigating the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Attachment Styles with Prolonged Grief Symptoms.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Explaining the Link Between PTSD and Suicide: A Meta-Analysis to Introduce the CEASE Framework.Psychological reports · 2026Article
- May I, Will I and Why. A Shared Lifeworld in a Suicidal Trajectory-Told by Suicide Loss Survivors.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- "Quite simply they don't communicate": a case study of a National Health Service response to staff suicide.Medical humanities · 2024Article
- Communication on familial suicide: development of the Family Communication on Suicide Questionnaire.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Prolonged Grief Symptoms among Suicide-Loss Survivors: The Contribution of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Characteristics.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- PTSD Following Suicide Attempts in Adolescents: a Case Series.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- A Narrative Evaluation of a Grief Support Camp for Families Affected by a Parent's Suicide.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimsThis study focuses on identifying the correlates associated with the emergence of feelings of blameworthiness associated with a suicide or other traumatic death and its associations with grief complications.
methodsBased on a mailed questionnaire survey of 575 mostly white and economically advantaged bereaved parents, 462 who lost a child to suicide, 48 to a drug overdose, 37 to ordinary accidents, and 24 to natural causes, we utilized chi-square tests, correlations and multiple regression analysis to compare and contrast patterns in the data.
resultsFindings showed feelings of blameworthiness associated with grief difficulties, complicated grief, PTSD, depression and other mental health difficulties among suicide bereaved parents. Results among suicide bereaved parents also showed that being stigmatized by socially significant others, having a mixed or negative relationship with the deceased child prior to the death and a less happy marriage, among those presently married couples, all contributed to higher feelings of blameworthiness among these bereaved.
conclusionBased on these findings, feelings of blameworthiness could serve as a good shorthand indicator of grief problems since it correlates so well with other grief difficulties and mental health problem measures. The importance of peer support is essential for avoiding the downward spiral associated with feelings of blameworthiness that can occur at any time during the grieving process.
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