Communication on familial suicide: development of the Family Communication on Suicide Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Each suicide affects about five close family members, potentially heightening risk for psychopathology and suicide. Communication style is a key factor in mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of families. Family communication after suicide, however, is insufficiently conceptualised and studied. This study aimed to identify different factors of familial communication after suicide of a relative and to develop a questionnaire assessing the functionality of familial communications following the suicide of a family member.Method: Through literature review, categories for the functionality of family communication after a familial suicide were developed. Items assessing family communication strategies were formulated and reviewed for comprehensibility and classifi

SUBMITTER: Radde S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11488164 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature