Life Experience following Suicide Attempt among Middle-aged Men.
10.4040/jkan.2016.46.2.215
- Author:
Eun Young CHIN
1
;
Hyun Kyung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Attempted suicide;
Middle aged;
Men;
Qualitative research
- MeSH:
Humans;
Life Change Events*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Nursing;
Qualitative Research;
Suicide*;
Suicide, Attempted
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2016;46(2):215-225
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to identify the meaning of life experience following suicide attempt among middle-aged men. METHODS: A qualitative research design was adopted using van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The participants were six middle-aged men who had attempted suicide at least one time. Data were collected in 2013 through in-depth interviews. Individual interviews were recorded; and literary, art works and phenomenological literature were searched to identify the meaning of the experience. RESULTS: The five essential themes of the life experience of middle-aged men who attempted suicide were 'Bitter reality confronted again', 'Anger buried deep inside', 'Broken family, inescapable fetters', 'Blocked relationships, closed world' and 'A step towards a new life'. CONCLUSION: The meaning of lived experience found in this study provides deep insight into the experience following suicide attempt in middle-aged men and crucial information to give directions to appropriate support and nursing interventions.
