School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Social Work, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada.
Death Stud. 2020;44(6):329-337. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1554609. Epub 2019 Jan 17.
The impact of exposure to suicide death or attempt remains ill-understood. This article aims to investigate this impact among 3010 community residing Australian adults. An online survey investigated the burden of exposure to suicide, psychological distress, and predictors of distress. The following variables were most significant in predicting distress among those exposed to suicide death: perceived impact of the most impactful death, non-kin relationship to the deceased, number of close suicide attempt exposures, time since the most impactful death, and frequency of contact. Results demonstrate suicide is a highly impactful experience and this impact reaches well beyond kin.
自杀死亡或企图的暴露所造成的影响仍不明确。本文旨在调查 3010 名居住在澳大利亚社区的成年人所受的影响。一项在线调查研究了自杀暴露的负担、心理困扰以及困扰的预测因素。在预测自杀死亡暴露者的困扰方面，以下变量最为显著：对最具影响力的死亡的感知影响、与死者的非亲属关系、近距离目睹自杀企图的次数、距最具影响力的死亡时间以及接触的频率。研究结果表明，自杀是一种极具影响力的经历，这种影响远远超出了亲属关系的范围。
