Exploring Aspects of Health and Well-Being in Siblings of Young Homicide Victims

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dc.contributor.authorTasker, Susan Louise
dc.contributor.authorWright, Kenneth Edmond
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-16T16:37:39Z
dc.date.available2018-01-16T16:37:39Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAnecdotal report and a scant literature suggest homicide has lasting effects on the health and well-being of siblings of homicide victims. However, sample and other methodological problems make it difficult to claim these effects. It also makes it difficult to attribute these effects to a sibling’s homicide versus other distressing life events. We compared 67 siblings of homicide victims with 80 comparison siblings on aspects of general health and well-being. Similar occupation types and levels of income, education, general health perception, and self-worth were found. The Homicide Group reported significantly higher levels of subjective distress and school/work absences in the past 3 months due to feeling unwell, and significantly less social support and life satisfaction. This study contributes to the literature by adding a larger sample on the issue of siblings of homicide victims and including a Comparison Group. Findings advance understanding of homicide’s effects on siblings of homicide victims.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported in part by a grant awarded to the first author from the Canadian Crime Victim Foundation. The Canadian Crime Victim Foundation was not involved whatsoever in the conducting or writing up of this research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTasker, S.L. & Wright, K.E. (2017). Exploring Aspects of Health and Well-Being in Siblings of Young Homicide Victims. Illness, Crisis & Loss, 0(0), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137317742560en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1054137317742560
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8982
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIllness, Crisis & Lossen_US
dc.subjectHomicide
dc.subjectLoss
dc.subjectBereavement
dc.subjectTrauma
dc.subjectSiblings of homicide victims
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectIllness
dc.subjectWell-being
dc.subjectComparison study
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.titleExploring Aspects of Health and Well-Being in Siblings of Young Homicide Victimsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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