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KMID : 0614420170450020005
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Mental Health & Social Work
2017 Volume.45 No. 2 p.5 ~ p.32
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Five to Seven Years After Experiences of Parents Who Lost Their Youth Child from Suicide
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Kim Ka-Duc
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Abstract
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This study aims to explore five to seven years after experiences of parents who lost their youth child from suicide. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with six parents. The van Manen’s(2000) hermeneutic phenomenological method was used for analysis. Six essential themes derived in chronological order were “missed signals, Scarlet Letter stigma, crumbling lives, stuffed times, breathing again, and journey with life and death.” The study resulted in an overall theme of “a farewell and a new beginning”. The first year was consumed with the desire to commit suicides themselves. After three years, the parents began thinking about continuing with their lives. After five years, life became bearable. Parents felt punished as if from the heavens, living with a Scarlet Letter. However, with the passing of time, the parents were able to respect children’s choice and to let them go. They begin a new chapter of restructuring in their lives with a hello to new relationships. Based on these findings, practical implications for suicide prevention and a number of social welfare practical measures are proposed.
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KEYWORD
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adolescent’s suicide , experiences of parents 5-7 years after a child’s suicide, suicide survivor, phenomenological approach
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