%0 Journal Article %T Parents' evaluation of a preventive intervention following the sudden, violent deaths of their children %J Death studies %D 1996 %A Murphy, Shirley A. %A Baugher, R. %A Lohan, Janet %A Scheideman, J. %A Heerwagen, J. %A Johnson, L. Clark %A Tillery, L. %A Grover, M. C. %V 20 %N 5 %P 453-468 %X A preventive intervention for 156 bereaved parents whose 12- to 28-year-old children died by accident, homicide, or suicide was tested using a multisite longitudinal cohort pretest/posttest experimental design. Reported here are bereaved parents' evaluations of the two-dimensional support program. Problem-focused support was rated by parents' perceptions of readiness, relevance, timing, and understanding of the information and skills presented. Emotion-focused support was rated by the identification of I. Yalom's (1985) therapeutic group factors and group leader/clinician support. Over 70% of all the person/session responses showed that both support dimensions were rated at 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale (e.g., 0 = not at all relevant, 7 = very relevant.) Additional exploratory analyses examined the extent to which 5 participant and treatment characteristics influenced parents' evaluations. Clinical implications and future research directions are suggested.

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