Responses to Loss and Health Functioning Among Homicidally Bereaved African Americans

Williams, Joah L.; Burke, Laurie A.; McDevitt-Murphy, Meghan E.; Neimeyer, Robert A.

doi:10.1080/15325024.2011.635583

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“…These findings support previous research suggesting that, when modeled with PTSD and CG, depression is uniquely predictive of worse mental health functioning among homicide survivors (Williams, Burke, McDevitt-Murphy, & Neimeyer, 2012). Perhaps survivors with depression are more likely to perceive negative interactions with professional staff at these various agencies given that depression is known to be associated with attentional bias to negative stimuli (e.g., Gotlib, Krasnoperova, Yue, & Joormann, 2004).…”

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Barriers to Care and Service Satisfaction Following Homicide Loss: Associations With Mental Health Outcomes

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Rheingold²

2014

Death Studies

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Homicide survivors are at increased risk for mental health problems, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complicated grief. Therefore, improving access to community and mental health resources is critical for this population. The atuhors sought to examine barriers to accessing services and service satisfaction among 47 homicide survivors. Over half of the sample met criteria for a mental disorder, with depression being the most prevalent problem. Frequently endorsed barriers to care included financial barriers, inadequate information, and health-related problems. However, participants who engaged in services were generally satisfied with those services. Only depression was uniquely associated with worse overall service satisfaction.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Barriers to Care and Service Satisfaction Following Homicide Loss: Associations With Mental Health Outcomes

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Rheingold²

2014

Death Studies

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“…However, it is important to assess both disorders in bereaved samples, as the rate of change for the severity of each disorder seems to differ postloss . Additionally, CG seems to be more highly associated with impaired social functioning, whereas PTSD associates more strongly with emotional role limitations (Williams et al, 2012). The current conceptualization of PTSD consists of four different symptom clusters: intrusion symptoms (e.g., recurrent memories, dreams, or dissociative reactions), avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, negative alterations in cognition and mood, and alterations in arousal and activity level (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).…”

Section: Posttraumatic Stress Disordermentioning

confidence: 99%

Event Centrality and Bereavement Symptomatology: The Moderating Role of Meaning Made

2016

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The centrality of a loss to a bereaved individual’s identity is associated with greater symptomatology, whereas meaning made of a loss is associated with positive outcomes. This article examines meaning made as a moderator of the relationship between event centrality and symptomatology. Our sample consisted of 204 bereaved undergraduate university students. Centrality was assessed using the Centrality of Events Scale, meaning made was assessed using the Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale, and symptomatology was assessed using the posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist-Civilian and Inventory of Complicated Grief-Revised. Meaning made had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between centrality and both measures of symptomatology. At lower levels of meaning made, centrality had a strong and positive association with symptomatology; at higher levels of meaning made, this association became weaker. These results suggest that meaning made is the key to understanding how centrality affects bereavement outcomes.

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“…The high level of psychopathology found in McDevitt-Murphy et al's (2011) study calls for follow-up research on factors that could mitigate distress in this vulnerable population. Williams, Burke, Neimeyer, and McDevitt-Murphy (2012) conducted a longitudinal follow-up assessment of bereavement distress in this same sample. They discovered that bereavement distress was negatively and strongly associated with poor general mental health functioning and emotional well being.…”

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Domains of Social Support That Predict Bereavement Distress Following Homicide Loss

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Psychological adaptation following homicide loss can prove more challenging for grievers than other types of losses. Although social support can be beneficial in bereavement, research is mixed in terms of identifying whether it serves as a buffer to distress following traumatic loss. In particular, studies have not parsed out specific domains of social support that best predict positive bereavement outcomes. Recruiting a sample of 47 African Americans bereaved by homicide, we examined six types of social support along with the griever's perceived need for or satisfaction with each and analyzed them in relation to depression, anxiety, complicated grief, and posttraumatic stress disorder outcomes. Results of multivariate analyses revealed that the griever's level of satisfaction with physical assistance at the initial assessment best predicted lower levels of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder levels 6 months later, while less need for physical assistance predicted lower complicated grief at follow-up. Clinical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Responses to Loss and Health Functioning Among Homicidally Bereaved African Americans

Cited by 22 publications

References 34 publications

Barriers to Care and Service Satisfaction Following Homicide Loss: Associations With Mental Health Outcomes

Barriers to Care and Service Satisfaction Following Homicide Loss: Associations With Mental Health Outcomes

Event Centrality and Bereavement Symptomatology: The Moderating Role of Meaning Made

Domains of Social Support That Predict Bereavement Distress Following Homicide Loss

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