A systematic review of the accessibility and visibility of bereavement related support for UK and Ireland university students.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Death Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI:10.1080/07481187.2025.2561082

Julie Graham, Enya Redican, Orla McBride, Jamie Murphy, Philip Hyland, Mark Shevlin

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Abstract

Bereavement is one of the most frequently reported stressors for university students, yet the extent of support offered by UK and Ireland universities is largely unknown. A systematic search of all UK and Ireland university public-facing only websites was conducted during 2024-2025 to assess the provision of ten bereavement-related support types. Support types were aggregated producing a total bereavement friendly score out of 30 for each university. Correlation analyses were conducted to examine the association between these scores and external measures of university performance. Findings indicated that the visibility of bereavement support information was generally poor. Institutional bereavement friendly scores (M = 14.15) correlated positively with external university quality scores and negatively with student non-continuation figures. This review demonstrates the poor accessibility and visibility of support for bereaved students on university public-facing websites, underscoring the need for websites to incorporate comprehensive bereavement guidance conveying advice and available support.

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对英国和爱尔兰大学生获得与丧亲相关的支持的可及性和可见性的系统审查。

丧亲之痛是大学生最常被报道的压力源之一，然而英国和爱尔兰大学提供的支持程度在很大程度上是未知的。在2024-2025年期间，对所有英国和爱尔兰大学面向公众的网站进行了系统搜索，以评估十种与丧亲相关的支持类型的提供情况。对支持类型进行了汇总，得出了每所大学对丧亲友好的总分，满分为30分。相关分析被用于检验这些分数与大学表现的外部衡量标准之间的关联。调查结果表明，丧亲支持信息的可见性普遍较差。机构丧亲友好得分（M = 14.15）与外部大学质量得分呈正相关，与学生非继续学业负相关。这篇综述表明，在大学面向公众的网站上，对失去亲人的学生的支持的可访问性和可见性较差，强调了网站需要纳入全面的丧亲指导，传达建议和可用的支持。

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Death Studies Multiple-

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8.30

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7.90%

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期刊介绍： Now published ten times each year, this acclaimed journal provides refereed papers on significant research, scholarship, and practical approaches in the fast growing areas of bereavement and loss, grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education. It provides an international interdisciplinary forum in which a variety of professionals share results of research and practice, with the aim of better understanding the human encounter with death and assisting those who work with the dying and their families.