کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5045961 1475901 2017 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Stigma and psychological distress in suicide survivors
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
استغما و ناراحتی روحی در بازماندگان انتحاری
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی روانپزشکی بیولوژیکی
چکیده انگلیسی


- 155 subjects bereaved by suicide were invited to participate in an online study.
- In suicide survivors psychological distress was related to perceived stigma.
- Interpersonal sensitivity, hostility and paranoid ideation contributed the most.
- The association was not affected by duration of mourning or past suicide attempt.
- Targeting psychological distress and stigma is important in suicide survivors.

BackgroundSuicide bereavement is frequently related to clinically significant psychological distress and affected by stigma. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between psychological distress by psychopathological domains and stigma, in a sample of individuals bereaved by suicide (suicide survivors).MethodsThe data were collected between January 2012 and December 2014 and included information on sociodemographic variables (gender, age, marital status and education level) and responses to the Stigma of Suicide Survivor scale (STOSSS) and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). One hundred and fifty-five suicide survivors completed the evaluation and were included in the study.ResultsLevels of psychological distress in suicide survivors, as measured by BSI, were positively related to levels of perceived stigma toward suicide survivors, as measured by STOSSS. The association was not affected by age and gender, or by marital status, education level, days from suicide or a personal history of suicide attempt. Participants with higher scores on almost all subscales of the BSI, particularly the interpersonal sensitivity and paranoid ideation subscales, reported the highest levels of perceived stigma toward suicide survivors.ConclusionLevels of distress in subjects bereaved by the suicide of a relative or friend were positively associated with levels of perceived stigma toward suicide survivors. Specific interventions dedicated to the bereavement of suicide survivors might help to alleviate not only psychological distress but also stigma towards loss by suicide.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - Volume 94, March 2017, Pages 39-46
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