TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Life experience following suicide attempt among middle-aged men
JO  - Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
A1  - Chin, Eun Young
A1  - Kim, Hyun Kyung
SP  - 215
EP  - 225
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
N2  - PURPOSE: This study was performed to identify the meaning of life experience following suicide attempt among middle-aged men. <br><br>METHODS: A qualitative research design was adopted using van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The participants were six middle-aged men who had attempted suicide at least one time. Data were collected in 2013 through in-depth interviews. Individual interviews were recorded; and literary, art works and phenomenological literature were searched to identify the meaning of the experience. <br><br>RESULTS: The five essential themes of the life experience of middle-aged men who attempted suicide were 'Bitter reality confronted again', 'Anger buried deep inside', 'Broken family, inescapable fetters', 'Blocked relationships, closed world' and 'A step towards a new life'. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The meaning of lived experience found in this study provides deep insight into the experience following suicide attempt in middle-aged men and crucial information to give directions to appropriate support and nursing interventions.<p />  <p>Language: ko</p>
LA  - ko
SN  - 2005-3673
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.2.215
ID  - ref1
ER  -