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Control Group Studies of Suicide Survivors: A Review and Critique
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Empirical studies of suicide survivors with designs that include control groups are reviewed. Investigations are discussed individually with respect to those in which participating survivors are friends or a combination of many different relationships to the deceased, parents of the deceased child, and spouses. Following the review is a brief discussion of the commonalities of the findings and the most frequent methodological difficulties. Concluding comments suggest methodological improvements as well as issues and groups for which additional investigations are needed.
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“There is a lack of consensus in the literature regarding the definition of a “suicide survivor”; however, the proposed definitions share several commonalities.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- McIntosh, J. L.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University South Bend (US)
- Corresponding author
- McIntosh, John L.
- ORCID
- McIntosh, John L.
- Venue
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1993-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 146-161
- ISSN
- 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-278X
- OpenAlex
- W1590905683
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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 survivors, bereavement, control groups, methodological issues, parents of deceased children, grief
- MeSH terms
- Accidents, Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Parents, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Suicide
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