TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - Instability of emotional relationships and suicide among youth: a qualitative study JO - BMC psychiatry A1 - Fallahi-Khoshknab, Masoud A1 - Amirian, Zainab A1 - Maddah, Sadat Seyed Bagher A1 - Khankeh, Hamid Reza A1 - Dalvandi, Asghar SP - e50 EP - e50 VL - 23 IS - 1 N2 - BACKGROUND: Interpersonal problems are one of the factors for understanding the complex issues that result in suicide attempts and self-injury by poisoning. The quality of familial relationships is a predictor of the occurrence and outcome of suicide attempts. This study aimed to explore motives for self-poisoning suicide attempts amongst young adults.

METHOD: This research was a qualitative study conducted using semi-structured interviews in 2019 in Kermanshah Province, Iran. Eighteen participants who had attempted suicide by self-poisoning were interviewed, and information was collected until data saturation was achieved. The interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the data were analyzed through content analysis.

RESULTS: The results included the category of instability in emotional relationships with the three sub-categories of 1- Emotional failure, 2- Emotional trauma, and 3- Loss of emotional resilience (caused by emotional failure and emotional trauma within the previous few months). Instability in emotional relationships creates feelings of disgrace, humiliation, burdensomeness, worthlessness, and insignificance, which increases the chances of attempting suicide.

CONCLUSION: The study results provided an in-depth understanding of romantic, and unstable familial relationships as a significant factor in suicide attempts, demonstrating the role of emotional stress in attempting suicide. The present study provided information on the risk factors and warning signs for psychiatrists and nurses dealing with suicidal patients to take effective measures to prevent suicide through social support.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1471-244X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04534-0 ID - ref1 ER -