Department of Psychiatry II, University of Ulm and BKH Günzburg, Ulm, Germany.
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, USA.
Death Stud. 2020;44(4):248-255. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1539052. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
Perceived suicide stigma and consequent secrecy about suicide loss could contribute to impaired mental health among suicide loss survivors. Using online survey data from 195 suicide loss survivors, higher perceived suicide stigma was associated with more grief difficulties, higher suicidality, and less personal growth. Secrecy partly mediated the association between perceived suicide stigma and grief difficulties as well as suicidality and completely mediated the association between perceived suicide stigma and personal growth. Our findings suggest that supporting suicide loss survivors in coping with perceived suicide stigma could reduce secrecy about suicide loss and by this improve their mental health outcomes.
自杀污名化的感知以及由此产生的对自杀损失的保密可能会导致自杀幸存者的心理健康受损。本研究使用了来自 195 名自杀死亡幸存者的在线调查数据，较高的自杀污名化感知与更多的悲伤困难、更高的自杀意念和更少的个人成长有关。保密部分中介了自杀污名化感知与悲伤困难以及自杀意念和个人成长之间的关联。我们的研究结果表明，支持自杀死亡幸存者应对自杀污名化可以减少对自杀损失的保密，并由此改善他们的心理健康结果。
