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dc.contributor.authorBartik, Warrenen
dc.contributor.authorMaple, Myfanwyen
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Kathrynen
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-23T01:50:10Z-
dc.date.available2023-01-23T01:50:10Z-
dc.date.created2014-10-
dc.date.issued2015-10-24-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53959-
dc.description.abstract<p>Suicide is the leading cause of death of young Australians, with rural young people at higher risk. Increasing research has investigated the bereavement experience of people who lose someone close to suicide. However, rural young friends have remained hidden from the research literature and, as such, their grief and experiences are not well understood.</p> <p>This study provides empirical data from bereavement experiences of young rural people who had lost a close friend to suicide, and continued to live in their rural town where the death occurred. Semi-structured interviews were held with 18 participants, aged between 14 and 23 years, from four different locations in rural Australia. They completed six standardised questionnaires that rated symptoms for depression, anxiety, prolonged grief, coping skills, posttraumatic growth, and stigma, along with questions about their general health and alcohol use. The interview data was analysed to derive narrative themes. The first theme comprised communication about the death and included social media, schools, and rumours. The second theme was the response to the death and how stigma manifests in rural communities.</p> <p>The third theme was how participants coped after the death, and the ways in which this impacted them. The participants rated significant symptoms of depression, anxiety and prolonged grief, and they consumed alcohol at harmful levels. They were also more inclined to stigmatise and glorify suicide. The study findings highlight that rural young people bereaved by a friend’s suicide are at risk of a number of health issues, and these can continue for a number of years after the death. Close friends were not found to be at immediate risk of suicide because of the protective effect of peer-monitoring that results from exposure to the impact of the suicide on family and others. Peripherally related peers were excluded from this protection and potentially at greater risk of suicide contagion.</p> <p>Recommendations include school postvention guidelines to consider risks for all students, not just those considered close friends. Social media should also be more proactive in response to suicide. Finally, improved mental health literacy must include a discourse about suicide to address the stigma prevalent in rural communities. Recommendations for future research are also canvassed.</p>en
dc.languageenen
dc.titleExploring Hidden Worlds: Rural Australian Young People Who Lose a Friend to Suicideen
dc.typeThesis Doctoralen
dcterms.accessRightsUNE Greenen
dc.subject.keywordsHealth, Clinical and Counselling Psychologyen
dc.subject.keywordsMental Healthen
local.contributor.firstnameWarrenen
local.contributor.firstnameMyfanwyen
local.contributor.firstnameKathrynen
local.subject.for2008111714 Mental Healthen
local.subject.for2008170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychologyen
local.subject.seo2008920506 Rural Healthen
local.subject.seo2008920410 Mental Healthen
local.subject.seo2008920209 Mental Health Servicesen
dc.date.conferred2014en
local.hos.emailhoshealth@une.edu.auen
local.thesis.passedPasseden
local.thesis.degreelevelDoctoralen
local.thesis.degreenameDoctor of Philosophy - PhDen
local.contributor.grantorUniversity of New Englanden
local.profile.schoolSchool of Psychologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Healthen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Rural Medicineen
local.profile.emailwbartik@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailmmaple2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailkmckay8@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.title.subtitleRural Australian Young People Who Lose a Friend to Suicideen
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameBartiken
local.contributor.lastnameMapleen
local.contributor.lastnameMcKayen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:wbartiken
dc.identifier.staffune-id:mmaple2en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:kmckay8en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:_thesis-20141117-132014en
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:_thesis-20141117-132014en
local.RightsStatementCopyright 2014 - Warren Bartiken
dc.identifier.academiclevelStudenten
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitleExploring Hidden Worldsen
local.output.categorydescriptionT2 Thesis - Doctorate by Researchen
local.school.graduationSchool of Healthen
local.search.authorBartik, Warrenen
local.search.supervisorMaple, Myfanwyen
local.search.supervisorMcKay, Kathrynen
local.open.fileurlhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/66dc02c3-1d9e-4553-a1a4-ef91779e37d2en
local.uneassociationYesen
local.atsiresearchNoen
local.sensitive.culturalNoen
local.year.conferred2015en
local.fileurl.openhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/66dc02c3-1d9e-4553-a1a4-ef91779e37d2en
local.fileurl.openpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/66dc02c3-1d9e-4553-a1a4-ef91779e37d2en
local.subject.for2020520304 Health psychologyen
local.subject.seo2020200508 Rural and remote area healthen
local.subject.seo2020200409 Mental healthen
local.subject.seo2020200305 Mental health servicesen
local.profile.affiliationtypeUNE Affiliationen
local.profile.affiliationtypeUNE Affiliationen
local.profile.affiliationtypeUNE Affiliationen
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