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Abstract
Client suicide refers to cases where a mental health practitioner is exposed, affected, or bereaved by a client's suicide and is known to have a profound impact on MHPs. The current study investigated the role of coping styles in understanding short- and long-term impact of client suicide. An international sample of 213 mental health practitioners who experienced a client suicide completed a survey on coping strategies (i.e., Brief-COPE) and the impact of traumatic events (i.e., impact of event scale-revised, long-term emotional impact scale and professional practice impact scale). Results indicate coping strategies explain 51% of the short-term, 64% of the long-term emotional and 55% of the long-term professional differences in impact of client suicide. Moreover, while an Avoidant coping style predicted more impact of client suicide, Positive coping and Humor predicted less impact of client suicide. Social Support coping did not predict impact of client suicide. Implications for both research and clinical practice are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 347-361 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Omega: Journal of Death and Dying |
Volume | 89 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 31 Jan 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2022.
Research programs
- ESSB PSY
- ESSB PED
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Exploring the Role of Coping Strategies on the Impact of Client Suicide: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.
Van der Hallen, R. (Speaker) & Godor, B. (Speaker)
20 Sept 2021 → 24 Sept 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Academic