TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Family interactions of suicide survivors and survivors of non-suicidal death
JO  - OMEGA - Journal of death and dying
A1  - Nelson, B.J.
A1  - Frantz, T.T.
SP  - 131
EP  - 146
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
N2  - We studied the effects of the death of a child by suicide (N = 34) versus non-suicide (N = 46) on family dynamics of forty-one parents and thirty-nine surviving siblings. Participants were solicited through bereavement groups, flyers, and newspaper advertisements. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Bloom Family Interaction Scale, and a Closeness/Distance questionnaire about four years post death. <br><br>RESULTS included: 1) disengaged or conflicted families experienced greater distance while cohesive or expressive families reported more closeness; 2) sibling survivors felt closer to their fathers after the death than before and reported more family conflict than did parents; 3) there were no differences between suicide survivors and non-suicide survivors in perceived closeness between family pairs before or after the death. © 1996, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-2228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/3AQ4-KUQE-KJ4R-8Q89
ID  - ref1
ER  -