TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Parents' evaluation of a preventive intervention following the sudden, violent deaths of their children
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Murphy, Shirley A.
A1  - Baugher, R.
A1  - Lohan, Janet
A1  - Scheideman, J.
A1  - Heerwagen, J.
A1  - Johnson, L. Clark
A1  - Tillery, L.
A1  - Grover, M. C.
SP  - 453
EP  - 468
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -