TY - JOUR
T1 - Spirituality and Religion After Homicide and Suicide
T2 - Families and Friends Tell Their Stories
AU - Mastrocinque, Jeanna M.
AU - Hartwell, Taylor
AU - Metzger, Jed W.
AU - Carapella-Johnson, Renae
AU - Navratil, Peter K.
AU - Cerulli, Catherine
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors express their sincerest appreciation to the families and friends of those bereaved by homicide and suicide who participated in the study and shared their stories with them. They thank Dr. David Skiff for his insight regarding the spirituality component of this research. The authors also acknowledge Sue Case, Victoria Pietruszka, and Aylin Turhan for their assistance in transcribing the transcripts for this study. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was funded by the National Research Service Award NIMH T32 MH18911 (Caine), the Innovations in Community Scholarship Award (Mastrocinque), the University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry Grant (Mastrocinque), and the Faculty Development Committee Grant, York College of Pennsylvania (Mastrocinque).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - This article presents results from seven focus groups (n = 27) with families and friends bereaved by homicide or suicide of a loved one, and focuses on spirituality and religion in the aftermath of these traumatic deaths. In exploring how these deaths affected participants’ spirituality and religion, several themes emerged: parental spirituality and intuition, finding comfort, internal challenges with spirituality and religion, and connection with spiritual and religious communities. Experiences and recommendations for responders are discussed. This research draws comparisons between homicides and suicides to elucidate participants’ unique spiritual and religious needs and better inform tailored approaches.
AB - This article presents results from seven focus groups (n = 27) with families and friends bereaved by homicide or suicide of a loved one, and focuses on spirituality and religion in the aftermath of these traumatic deaths. In exploring how these deaths affected participants’ spirituality and religion, several themes emerged: parental spirituality and intuition, finding comfort, internal challenges with spirituality and religion, and connection with spiritual and religious communities. Experiences and recommendations for responders are discussed. This research draws comparisons between homicides and suicides to elucidate participants’ unique spiritual and religious needs and better inform tailored approaches.
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U2 - 10.1177/1088767918807263
DO - 10.1177/1088767918807263
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058631600
SN - 1088-7679
VL - 24
SP - 107
EP - 126
JO - Homicide Studies
JF - Homicide Studies
IS - 2
ER -