| "Being an Adolescent Suicide Survivor" Contributor(s): Hoffmann, Willem (Author) |
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ISBN: 3836465876 ISBN-13: 9783836465878 Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K. OUR PRICE: $81.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Medical | Diseases |
| Dewey: 616 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.96 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Suicide is a tragic act. The real victims of the tragedy are the individuals who are left behind to cope with the trauma of loosing a significant other. They often struggle with unanswerable questions, self-blaming, stigmatisation and confusion. Very little is known regarding the qualitative aspects of adolescent suicide survivors' emotional experiences, meaning-making and coping behaviour. This book describes a study of the lived experiences of female late adolescent suicide survivors. It primarily uses a psychological-phenomenological approach. Data collection consisted of collage-facilitated face-to-face phenomenological interviews. The data were analysed according to Giorgi's phenomenological method. The analysis revealed three peri-suicide experience clusters ("Awareness of victim's suicide-associated behaviour directly prior to the suicide", "Immediate reactions on becoming aware of the suicide" and "Reactions in the days following the suicide") and three post-suicide experience clusters ("Falling apart", "Being shattered" and "Putting the pieces back together"). The analysis should be helpful to suicide survivors and to professionals in Psychology and Suicidology. |