Posttraumatic Symptoms in Japanese Bereaved Family Members with Special Regard to Suicide and Homicide Cases

Autor/inn/en	Ogata, Kohske; Ishikawa, Takaki; Michiue, Tomomi; Nishi, Yuko; Maeda, Hitoshi
Titel	Posttraumatic Symptoms in Japanese Bereaved Family Members with Special Regard to Suicide and Homicide Cases
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 35 (2011) 6, S.525-535 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Homicide; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Suicide; Family Relationship; Grief; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Foreign Countries; Parents; Children; Spouses; Death; Psychological Patterns; Japan; Impact of Event Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mord; Selbstmord; Trauer; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Ausland; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ehepartner; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall
Abstract	The authors investigated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in Japanese bereaved family members using a questionnaire. Participants were bereaved as a result of suicide and homicide (n = 51 and 49, respectively), with natural death (n = 56) as a control; and their relationships to the deceased were parent-child (n = 79), conjugal (n = 42), and others (n = 35). With regard to the 3 main PTSD-related criteria, (a) re-experiencing symptoms were not dependent on the manner of death or the relationship to the deceased; (b) avoidance behaviors were more highly related to homicide than natural death for relatives other than parent-child and conjugal relationships; and (c) hyperarousal and maladaptation symptoms were more serious for conjugal loss. These findings suggest that avoidance behaviors in homicidal cases are more closely associated with a distant family relationship, whereas conjugal loss is traumatic, irrespective of the manner of death, often causing hyperarousal and maladaptation symptoms. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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