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[Life Experience following Suicide Attempt among Middle-aged Men]
Eun Young Chin1, Hyun Kyung Kim2
1Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, Korea.
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.
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