Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/57894
Title: Suicide exposure experience screener for use in therapeutic settings: A validation report
Contributor(s): Maple, Myfanwy  (author)orcid ; Cerel, Julie (author); Sanford, Rebecca (author); Shand, Fiona (author); Batterham, Philip J (author); Bhullar, Navjot  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2022-10
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12894
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/57894
Abstract: 

Introduction: A brief screener assessing experience of exposure to suicide for use in therapeutic settings is warranted. To examine the concurrent validity of such a screening tool, labeled as the Suicide Exposure Experience Screener (SEES), the associations of the two SEES items: (i) reported closeness with the person who died by suicide and (ii) perceived impact of suicide death with psy-chological distress are presented.

Methods: Five separate datasets comprising surveys from Australia, Canada, and the United States (Ncombined = 7782) were used to provide evidence of concur-rent validity of closeness and impact of suicide exposure.

Results: Overall, closeness and impact were significantly correlated with meas-ures of global distress across five different datasets, showing small to medium effect sizes. Closeness and impact were also intercorrelated demonstrating a large effect size across all surveys. This report used cross- sectional data and comprised varied sample sizes across different datasets that influenced statistical significance of obtained effects and did not tease apart the roles of cumulative exposure of suicide and prolonged bereavement in experiencing global distress.

Conclusion: The SEES has clinical utility in determining psychological distress in bereaved individuals and is recommended for use in therapeutic settings.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52(5), p. 975-982
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1943-278X
0363-0234
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520304 Health psychology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200409 Mental health
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Health
School of Psychology

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