Parents' evaluation of a preventive intervention following the sudden, violent deaths of their children

Author(s): Baugher, R., Lohan, J., Scheideman, J.

Journal/Book: Death Stud. 1996; 20: 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007-1598. Hemisphere Publ Corp. 453-468.

Abstract: A preventive intervention for 156 bereaved parents whose 12- to 28-year-old children died by accident, homicide, or suicide was tested using a multisite longitudinal cohort pretest/posttest experimental design. Reported here are bereaved parents' evaluations of the two-dimensional support program. Problem-focused support was rated by parents' perceptions of readiness, relevance, timing, and understanding of the information and skills presented. Emotion-focused support was rated by the identification of I. Yalom's (1985) therapeutic group factors and group leader/clinician support. Over 70% of all the person/session responses showed that both support dimensions were rated at 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale (e.g., 0 = not at all relevant, 7 = very relevant. Additional exploratory analyses examined the extent to which 5 participant and treatment characteristics influenced parents' evaluations. Clinical implications and future research directions are suggested.

Note: Article VS-CARD SA Murphy, Washington Univ, Sch Nursing, Dept Psychosocial & Community Hlth, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Keyword(s): SELF-HELP

Zurück | Weiter