title: College students' beliefs about supporting a grieving peer.
abstract: The present study used I. Ajzen's (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior (TBP) to explore college students' beliefs about listening supportively to a grieving friend. Responses to open-ended questions suggested that students (N = 23) perceived both benefits and risks, connected with listening supportively, for the grieving friend and for themselves. In addition, students perceived "requirements" associated with listening supportively to a grieving friend such as the need for time, a quiet place to talk, and previous experience with grief.
authors: Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
authors: Sara J Tedrick
authors: SJ
authors: Parikh
authors: Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
authors: Heather L
authors: HL
authors: Servaty-Seib
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult