Citation

Campos RC, Holden RR, Santos S. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2018; 74(3): 407-417.

Affiliation

Portuguese Red Cross.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.22518

PMID

28881015

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare a sample of Portuguese individuals exposed to suicide in their families with a control group, for lifetime suicidality. This study also evaluated the incremental value of psychache (i.e., extreme psychological pain) in determining suicide risk beyond the contribution associated with having lost a family member by suicide.

METHOD: A total of 225 community adults participated. Two groups were defined: a group exposed to suicide (n = 53), and a control group (n = 172).

RESULTS: Results demonstrated that groups did significantly differ on the total score of the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), on the four individual SBQ-R items, and on psychache.

RESULTS from a hierarchical multiple regression analysis demonstrated that having lost a family member by suicide and the construct of psychache each provided a significant unique contribution to explaining variance in suicide risk. The interaction between group membership and psychache also provided a further enhancement to the statistical prediction of suicide risk.

CONCLUSION: Findings are discussed with regard to their implications for clinical intervention and postvention.

© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

family member; psychache; suicide exposure; suicide risk