Using Multiple Regression Analyses to Uncover Patterns of Correlates of Grief Problems,Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Suicide Bereaved Individuals

Abstract

This analysis of a convenience sample survey of 195 suicide bereaved adults focuses on predictors of three important highly interrelated experiences among the suicide bereaved: grief problems, depression and suicidal thinking. Although each of these three experiences can be explained by a unique set of predictors, they share many commonalities. Several predictors stood out especially in either aggravating or alleviating these experiences: personal (or post-traumatic) growth, perceived social support, feelings of blameworthiness, perceived suicide stigma, years since loss and a respondent’s mental health difficulties experienced prior to their suicide loss. We also review the clinical implications of these results.

Keywords

suicide loss grief difficulties depression suicidal ideation personal growth

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