Levi-Belz Yossi, Gilo Tal
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel.
The Lior Tsfaty Center for Suicide and Mental Pain Studies, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel.
Front Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 23;11:341. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00341. eCollection 2020.
Grief after suicide entails unique challenges and difficulties, such as intense feelings of anger and guilt, as well as various psychological risks. The current study examined the contribution of self-forgiveness (SF) to emotional distress (e.g., depressed mood and suicidal ideation) among suicide-loss survivors, compared with bereavement following sudden and expected death types. Bereaved individuals ( = 309; aged 18-84) completed questionnaires measuring SF, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, demographics, and personal characteristics concerning the bereavement. A significant interaction between SF and type of loss was found, in which suicide-loss survivors with low levels of SF manifested the highest levels of depression and suicidal ideation compared with other subgroups. The findings reflect the importance of SF as a protective factor against depression and suicidality among suicide-loss survivors as well as the possible efficacy of forgiveness-based interventions in this population.
自杀后的悲痛带来了独特的挑战和困难，比如强烈的愤怒和内疚感，以及各种心理风险。本研究考察了自我宽恕（SF）对自杀身亡者遗属情绪困扰（如抑郁情绪和自杀意念）的影响，并与因突然死亡和预期死亡导致的丧亲之痛进行了比较。丧亲者（n = 309；年龄在18 - 84岁之间）完成了测量自我宽恕、抑郁情绪、自杀意念、人口统计学特征以及与丧亲相关的个人特征的问卷调查。研究发现自我宽恕与丧失类型之间存在显著交互作用，即自我宽恕水平较低的自杀身亡者遗属与其他亚组相比，表现出最高水平的抑郁和自杀意念。研究结果反映了自我宽恕作为自杀身亡者遗属抑郁和自杀倾向保护因素的重要性，以及基于宽恕的干预措施在这一人群中的潜在效果。
