Suicidal Death of a Spouse: The Social Perception of the Survivor.

Calhoun, Lawrence G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ337256

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Suicidal Death of a Spouse: The Social Perception of the Survivor.

Calhoun, Lawrence G.; And Others

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v16 n4 p283-88 1985-86

Investigated reactions of others to the surviving spouse of an individual who commits suicide. Results indicated (compared to those spouses of accident and leukemia victims) that the spouse of a suicide was viewed as being more to blame for the death, as having had a greater chance of preventing the death, and as being more ashamed of the death. (Author/BL)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Perception, Social Cognition, Spouses, Stress Variables, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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