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Chin and Kim: Life Experience following Suicide Attempt among Middle-aged Men
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2016; 46(2): 215-225.

Published online: 29 April 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.2.215

Life Experience following Suicide Attempt among Middle-aged Men

Eun-Young Chin1, Hyun Kyung Kim2

1Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, Korea.

2College of Nursing·Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Hyun Kyung. College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54896, Korea. Tel: +82-63-270-3121, Fax: +82-63-270-3127, kimhk@jbnu.ac.kr

Received 7 August 2015       Revised 24 August 2015       Accepted 25 November 2015

© 2016 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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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.

Keywords: Attempted suicide, Middle aged, Men, Qualitative research

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Essential Themes of the Life Experience following Suicide Attempt among Middle-aged Men

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Notes

This manuscript is based on a part of the first author's dissertation from Chonbuk National University.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declared no conflict of interest.

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