TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Family conflict and forgiveness among survivors of suicide JO - Journal of loss and trauma A1 - Lee, Eunjin A1 - Kim, Sung Won A1 - Kim, Jichan J. A1 - Enright, Robert D. SP - 689 EP - 697 VL - 22 IS - 8 N2 - This study explored the lived experiences of immediate family members who were left behind and their intra- and interpersonal struggles with other family members and their coping efforts to overcome these struggles. We used interpretative phenomenological analysis for data collection and analysis and conducted in-depth interviews with 11 participants in Korea. Two superordinate themes, with two ordinate themes in each, were identified: (a) family conflict after a family member's suicide ("discordant grieving" and "suicide loss as a catalyst for family conflict") and (b) forgiveness ("struggling to forgive other family members, the deceased, and themselves" and "the process and importance of forgiveness"). The implications of these findings are discussed.

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LA - en SN - 1532-5024 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2017.1388344 ID - ref1 ER -