Table 1.
Participants’ demographic characteristics.
| Characteristic | Mean or Frequency (SD or %) |
n answering question |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 37 (72.5%) | 51 |
| Age | 44.84 (13.35) | 51 |
| Race/Ethnicity | 51 | |
| European-American | 37 (72.5%) | |
| African-American | 4 (7.8%) | |
| Hispanic | 8 (15.7%) | |
| Other | 2 (3.9%) | |
| Highest level of education | 51 | |
| Graduate school | 7 (13.7%) | |
| College | 24 (47.1%) | |
| High school | 18 (35.3%) | |
| Junior high | 2 (3.9%) | |
| Means of death | 51 | |
| Homicide | 41 (80.4%) | |
| Suicide | 6 (11.8%) | |
| Accident | 4 (7.8%) | |
| Relationship to the deceased | 51 | |
| Parent | 15 (29.4%) | |
| Romantic partner | 6 (11.8%) | |
| Child | 11 (21.6%) | |
| Sibling | 8 (15.7%) | |
| Other relative | 8 (15.7%) | |
| Relationship quality | 2.85 (2.05) | 49 |
| Months since loss - mean | 51.59 (126.92) | 51 |
| Months since loss - median | 6 (range .5-664) | 51 |
| Saw scene of death | 19 (37.3%) | 49 |
Note. Unless otherwise specified, data are means for continuous variables and counts for categorical variables; numbers in brackets represent standard deviation for continuous variables and percent of total sample for categorical variables.