TY - JOUR
T1 - How personality, coping styles, and perceived closeness influence help-seeking attitudes in suicide-bereaved adults
AU - Drapeau, Christopher W.
AU - Cerel, Julie
AU - Moore, Melinda
PY - 2016/3/15
Y1 - 2016/3/15
N2 - This study examined the impact of personality, coping, and perceived closeness on help-seeking attitudes in suicide bereaved adults. Participants (n = 418; mean age = 49.50; 90% women, 89.7% Caucasian) completed measures of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness), coping, and attitudes toward seeking mental health services. Regression analyses revealed neuroticism as the strongest predictor of help-seeking attitudes. Relatively neurotic adult women bereaved by suicide may be at-risk for developing unhealthy coping styles, low stigma indifference, and more negative help-seeking attitudes.
AB - This study examined the impact of personality, coping, and perceived closeness on help-seeking attitudes in suicide bereaved adults. Participants (n = 418; mean age = 49.50; 90% women, 89.7% Caucasian) completed measures of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness), coping, and attitudes toward seeking mental health services. Regression analyses revealed neuroticism as the strongest predictor of help-seeking attitudes. Relatively neurotic adult women bereaved by suicide may be at-risk for developing unhealthy coping styles, low stigma indifference, and more negative help-seeking attitudes.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2015.1107660
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2015.1107660
M3 - Article
C2 - 26745343
AN - SCOPUS:84961198120
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 40
SP - 165
EP - 171
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 3
ER -
