An Examination of the Early Impact of Bereavement on Psychological Distress in Survivors of Suicide
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 27 (5) , 592-598
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/27.5.592
Abstract
The impact on mental health of survivors (n = 108) of suicides of older adult spouses (55 years of age and older) in the first 8 weeks of the bereavement process was compared with that of two control groups: older adult survivors of natural deaths (n = 99) and a married non-bereaved group (n = 144). On all measures both survivor groups scored significantly poorer than the non-bereaved controls. Only anxiety was reported significantly more often by suicide survivors than by natural death survivors.Keywords
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