Citation

Matel-Anderson DM, Bekhet AK. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2016; 37(11): 839-846.

Affiliation

Marquette University, Nursing , Milwaukee , Wisconsin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01612840.2016.1193578

PMID

27351243

Abstract

The number of deaths by suicide has increased over the last few years. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore components of resilience in adolescents who survived a suicide attempt from the perspective of nine psychiatric nurses. Resilience was used as a guiding conceptual framework which proposes that resilience is the interplay between risk and protective factors. Three categories emerged including risk factors, protective factors, and future recommendations of suicide prevention strategies. The perspectives gained from this study will help develop nursing interventions for adolescents to overcome risk factors and to build on their protective factors.

Language: en