@article{ref1,
title="Forgiveness and blame among suicide survivors: a qualitative analysis on reports of 4-year self-help-group meetings",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2019",
author="Testoni, Ines and Francescon, Elisa and De Leo, Diego and Santini, Anna and Zamperini, Adriano",
volume="55",
number="2",
pages="360-368",
abstract="This article presents the qualitative analysis of reports obtained through participant observations collected over a 4-year period in a series of suicide survivor self-help group meetings. It analysed how grievers' healing was managed by their own support. The longitudinal study was focused on self/other blame and forgiveness. <br><br>RESULTS show how self-blame was continuously present along all the period and how it increased when new participants entered the group. This finding indicates that self-blame characterizes especially the beginning of the participation, and that any new entrance rekindles the problem. However, no participant had ever definitively demonstrated self-forgiveness, while a general forgiveness appeared when self-blame stopped. It is also suggested how to facilitate the elaboration of self-blame and forgiveness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-018-0291-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-018-0291-3"
}