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Suicide-Bereaved Children and Adolescents: II. Parental and Family Functioning

CEREL, JULIE, FRISTAD, MARY A., WELLER, ELIZABETH B., WELLER, RONALD A.·2000·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
DOI 10.1097/00004583-200004000-00012
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Objective The current study extends the authors' earlier examination of suicide-bereaved (SB) children from the Grief Research Study, a longitudinal study of childhood bereavement after parental death, by examining the children's family history of psychopathology and family environment before and after death. Method Twenty-six SB children, aged 5 to 17 years, and their 15 surviving parents were compared with 332 children bereaved from parental death not caused by suicide (NSB) and their 201 surviving parents in interviews 1, 6, 13, and 25 months after the death. Results Suicide completers evidenced more psychopathology than parents who died from reasons other than suicide. Contrary to expectations, surviving SB parents were not more impaired than NSB parents. Before the death, SB families were less stable than NSB families and relationships with the decreased SB parent were compromised. However, no differences were detected between groups in children's relationships with their surviving parents. Likewise, few differences were found in social support or changes in religious beliefs. Conclusions SB children generally come from families with a history of psychopathology and substantial family disruption. However, surviving SB parents do not exhibit higher rates of psychopathology than other bereaved parents and many have positive relationships with their children.

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  • Children mostly impacted by the loss might have experienced the most preloss problems, and children who have been separated from the suicidal parent might cope well with the loss without serious effects.

    “children mostly impacted by the loss might have experienced the most preloss problems, children who have been separated from the suicidal parent might cope well with the loss (Cerel et al., 2000) without serious effects”

    From Pre- and postloss features of adolescent suicide bereavement: A systematic review (2016) · cites this paper as Cerel et al., 2000

  • Personal history of depression and family history of psychopathology are related to new onset psychiatric problems after the loss.

    “personal history of depression and family history of psychopathology are related to new onset psychiatric problems after the loss”

    From Pre- and postloss features of adolescent suicide bereavement: A systematic review (2016) · cites this paper as Cerel et al., 2000

  • Adolescents in suicidal families might have had less contact with the suicidal family member (usually a parent), which might serve as a protective factor after the loss.

    “adolescents in these families might have had less contact with the suicidal family member (usually a parent), which might serve as a protective factor after the loss (Cerel et al., 2000;Shepherd & Barraclough, 1976).”

    From Pre- and postloss features of adolescent suicide bereavement: A systematic review (2016) · cites this paper as Cerel et al., 2000

  • Preloss features include family and personal history of psychiatric problems, closeness of relationship, and having known about the suicide plan.

    “Preloss features include family and personal history of psychiatric problems, closeness of relationship, and having known about the suicide plan”

    From Pre- and postloss features of adolescent suicide bereavement: A systematic review (2016) · cites this paper as Cerel et al., 2000

  • There was no difference between the two groups regarding postloss parental psychopathology, quality of relationship between surviving parents and children, and experience of social support.

    “No difference between the two groups regarding | postloss parental psychopathology, quality of | relationship between surviving parents and | children, and experience of social support”

    From Pre- and postloss features of adolescent suicide bereavement: A systematic review (2016) · cites this paper as Cerel et al. (2000)

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Authors
CEREL, J., FRISTAD, M. A., WELLER, E. B., & WELLER, R. A.
Affiliations
The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
FRISTAD, MARY A.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2000-04
Volume
39
Issue
4
Pages
437-444
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/00004583-200004000-00012
OpenAlex
W1971635689
Cited by
86
References
23
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FWCI
3.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
NIMH (1 RO1 MH44135 and 1 RO1 MH45534)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
Keywords
suicide bereavement, parental suicide, children of suicide victims, family functioning, family breakdown, parent-child relationship, surviving parent, social support, religious beliefs, grief in children
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Bereavement, Child, Child, Preschool, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Psychopathology, Suicide, Child of Impaired Parents, Survivors

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