Spiritual &amp; Pastoral Support through Psychological Understanding of Suicide Loss Family

Jeon, Joseph

doi:10.14387/jkspth.2018.58.297

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“…Surviving family members repeat unanswerable questions about why the deceased committed suicide to understand their motives or beliefs [13]. In this process, close family members feel deeply betrayed by the deceased for not seeing their relationship [7] as meaningful; they are angry [18] or resentful toward the deceased [7]. In shock and confusion, the bereaved families at the beginning of the bereavement have no one to call for help; they experience signi cant delays in cleaning up the scene of death or nding adequate support.…”

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“…In the rst theme, "Shock and Confusion," the participants recall their experience of the unexpected death of the deceased; they were ercely angry and denied the reality like an unbearable disaster. The shock experienced by the families of suicide victims leads to anger, which is often characterized by being severe enough to be incomparable to the general loss suffered by the family [7]. In particular, children's suicide is a violent act for parents, causing unacceptable shock, embarrassment, and fear [13].…”

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“…In particular, children's suicide is a violent act for parents, causing unacceptable shock, embarrassment, and fear [13]. Feeling betrayed is a common initial reaction to a family member's death, and it is a phenomenon that appears the same, although there are differences in time in the early stages after the loss of the family [7]. Surviving family members repeat unanswerable questions about why the deceased committed suicide to understand their motives or beliefs [13].…”

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“…Due to suicide, family members of the victim experience hurt, betrayal, shock, anger, resentment, shame, and guilt [7]. Families who have experienced the suicide of a child in their teenage years are severely psychologically disturbed and exist in social and psychological isolation for a long time due to grief.…”

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Families’ Experiences of Suicide Victims in South Korea: A Phenomenological Study

Lee

2021

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Background: When a family commits suicide, family members experience feelings of hurt, denial, shock and anger, resentment, shame, and guilt. If left untreated, they become physically and psychologically vulnerable and the risk of suicidal ideation is high, so clinical intervention in the survivors of suicide is required. This study aimed to explore the experiences of families of suicide victims in South Korea.Methods: This research was designed to a qualitative phenomenological study conducted by using Colaizzi’s methods. Participants were 7 bereaved families living in Changwon City, South Korea. Data were collected through in‐depth and individual interviews with participants from June to December 2018.Results: A total of 25 meaning units, 11 theme clusters, and 5 themes emerged. The 5 themes of south Korean bereaved families’ experience were: shock and confusion, pain of loss, disconnection interpersonal relationships, reality wanting to give up, and life to live. Conclusion: The bereaved families are at high risk of suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts, so active individual professional counseling should be provided for them.

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Families’ Experiences of Suicide Victims in South Korea: A Phenomenological Study

Lee

2021

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“…Due to suicide, families bereaved by suicide experienced hurt, betrayal, shock, anger, resentment, shame, and guilt [ 7 ]. Families who have experienced a death by teenage suicide are severely emotionally disturbed and socially isolated for a long time due to bereavement, grief and loss.…”

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Experiences of Bereaved Families by Suicide in South Korea: A Phenomenological Study

Lee

2022

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When an individual commits suicide, family members frequently experience feeling of hurt, denial, shock and anger, resentment, shame, and guilt. These negative emotions experienced by family survivors make their life suffer and impede the grieving process. If left untreated, they become physically and psychologically vulnerable and the risk of suicidal ideation is high, so professional intervention is needed. This study aimed to explore the experiences of suicidally bereaved families in South Korea. This research was designed to a qualitative phenomenological study conducted by using Colaizzi’s methods. Participants were seven individuals who had lost a family member to suicide in Changwon City, South Korea. The Data were collected through in-depth and individual interviews with participants from June to December 2018, and the interviews took place 1 to 15 months after their loss. A total of 25 meaning units, 12 themes, and 5 theme clusters emerged from the analysis. The 5 themes of south Korean bereaved families’ experience were: (1) an absurd breakup that came without notice, (2) a life trapped in pain, (3) family isolation by themselves, (4) uncontrolled mind in daily life, and (5) liberating from the bondage of pain. The findings of this study provide insight regarding how suicide loss affects bereaved families and could inform the development of evidence-based programs to prevention suicide thought experienced by bereaved families.

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Mothers of children who died by suicide

Paryente

2024

Family Relations

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BackgroundThis study examined the journey back to routine of mothers of children who died by suicide.ObjectiveThis research was aimed at understanding mothers' thoughts, emotions, and coping strategies with the loss of their child, using the salutogenic approach and examining their perceptions of available coping resources to study their sense of coherence and thereby promote relevant professional interventions.MethodSemistructured in‐depth interviews with 30 mothers aged 50 to 65 years who had lost a child in the preceding 4 to 18 years.ResultsFollowing content analysis, data were structured into three themes: (a) understanding of the new reality through the difficulty of returning to one's routine or choosing life, adjusting to social life, and finding new recreational activities; (b) coping with the help of others, avoiding coping, and dealing with the family by open conversations and managing with the rest of the children; and (c) emotional processing of the loss seen through the shock and the sense of having overlooked something, guilt, and relief.ConclusionsMothers were found to be on a complex journey to restore routine after an upsetting event. They built a routine for themselves with an awareness of the difficulty of this process as they attempted to return to their routine or to change it.ImplicationsInformed and tailored interventions could provide a partial sense of relief for mothers of children who have committed suicide.

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Spiritual & Pastoral Support through Psychological Understanding of Suicide Loss Family

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Families’ Experiences of Suicide Victims in South Korea: A Phenomenological Study

Families’ Experiences of Suicide Victims in South Korea: A Phenomenological Study

Experiences of Bereaved Families by Suicide in South Korea: A Phenomenological Study

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