Background

Research over how suicide survivors approach services is limited. Aims: This cross-sectional study explores the psychological state and perceived social support of Italian survivors, including those who have not sought for help, and investigates differences for gender or kinship with the departed. Methods: Rule-based system (RBS) analyses identified relationships between social support and reported formal/informal help-seeking behavior. One-hundred thirty-two (103F; 27M) suicide survivors (53 having never sought for support) answered an anonymous online survey. Life satisfaction, wellbeing, perceived social support, suicidal ideation and formal/informal help-seeking were investigated. Results: RBS analysis identified different help-seeking behaviors: survivors lacking social support may avoid reaching a psychologist and prefer GPs, look for advice in online forums and rely on people out of their narrower network such as co-workers. Conclusion: These unique study’s results offer insight to identify which specific areas would be fruitful to investigate while assessing social support in bereaved individuals.

中文翻译：

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自杀丧亲者的社会支持和寻求帮助：一项针对意大利幸存者的研究

背景

关于自杀幸存者如何获得服务的研究是有限的。目的：这项横断面研究探讨了意大利幸存者的心理状态和感知到的社会支持，包括那些没有寻求帮助的人，并调查了性别或与死者亲属关系的差异。方法：基于规则的系统 (RBS) 分析确定的社会支持与报告的正式/非正式求助行为之间的关系。一百三十二名 (103F; 27M) 自杀幸存者（53 名从未寻求过支持）回答了一项匿名在线调查。调查了生活满意度、幸福感、感知到的社会支持、自杀意念和正式/非正式的求助。结果：RBS 分析确定了不同的求助行为：缺乏社会支持的幸存者可能会避免求助于心理学家而更喜欢全科医生，在在线论坛上寻求建议并依赖他们狭窄网络之外的人，例如同事。结论：这些独特的研究结果提供了洞察力，可以在评估丧亲者的社会支持时确定哪些特定领域的调查是富有成果的。