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KMID : 1025820230310010085
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Family and Family Therapy
2023 Volume.31 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.114
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A Study on the Developmental Process of A Male Sex Worker’s Suicidal Ideation and Family Dynamics: Focused on A Family Therapy Case Study
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Lee Eun-Hyung
Park Tai-Young
Yoon Young-Hee
Jung Youn
Han Kyong-Mi
Oh Ye-Suk
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study examined a family therapy case of a male sex worker with suicidal ideation. The study aimed to identify the factors that contributed to the client’s suicidal ideation by exploring the family dynamics according to the client’s life cycle.
Methods: We used the case study method and suggested the analysis results according to the life cycle.
Results: The findings revealed that the client’s suicidal ideation was associated with family dynamics. First, the client’s anxiety in the prenatal period was linked with parental marriage resulting from premarital pregnancy and the parents’ unresolved family of origin issues. Second, the client had formed an insecure attachment in childhood due to the stress caused by his parents’ extramarital affair and the birth of a younger sister. Third, the client experienced an oppressive family environment in adolescence which led the client to suppress himself. Fourth, the client’s suicidal ideation intensified in adulthood as he experienced growing anxiety.
Conclusions: This study provides a unique framework to understand the development of suicidal ideation by examining family dynamics and attachment according to the life cycle.
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KEYWORD
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suicidal ideation, attachment, male sex worker, life cycle
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