@article{ref1,
title="Exploring aspects of health and well-being in siblings of young homicide victims",
journal="Illness, crisis and loss",
year="2020",
author="Tasker, Susan Louise and Wright, Kenneth Edmond",
volume="28",
number="1",
pages="71-94",
abstract="Anecdotal report and a scant literature suggest homicide has lasting effects on the health and well-being of siblings of homicide victims. However, sample and other methodological problems make it difficult to claim these effects. It also makes it difficult to attribute these effects to a sibling's homicide versus other distressing life events. We compared 67 siblings of homicide victims with 80 comparison siblings on aspects of general health and well-being. Similar occupation types and levels of income, education, general health perception, and self-worth were found. The Homicide Group reported significantly higher levels of subjective distress and school/work absences in the past 3 months due to feeling unwell, and significantly less social support and life satisfaction. This study contributes to the literature by adding a larger sample on the issue of siblings of homicide victims and including a Comparison Group. <br><br>FINDINGS advance understanding of homicide's effects on siblings of homicide victims.  Keywords: Bereavement <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-1373",
doi="10.1177/1054137317742560",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054137317742560"
}