Hiding and healing: Resolving the suicide of a parent or sibling
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The purpose of this study was to describe the long-term effects of suicide of a parent or sibling during childhood or young adulthood. A grounded theory approach was used to discover the respondents' perceptions of the meaning of the event and the effects that it had on them. The themes that emerged from the data were experiencing the pain, hiding the pain, and healing the pain. The need to hide the pain often interfered with the process of healing the pain. Findings indicate that many survivors of suicide during childhood experience painful, unresolved grief that affects their well-being in adulthood.
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Qualitative results showed that perceived stigmatization went along with a deep sense of shame and embarrassment in suicide survivors.
“Results from qualitative studies also showed that perceived stigmatization went along with a deep sense of shame and embarrassment in suicide survivors [27,48,50,52,54,55].”
From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [54]
Participants described feeling tainted, degraded or awkward after suicide, suggesting they had adopted devaluing social attitudes towards their status as suicide survivors.
“Participants described feeling tainted, degraded or awkward in the aftermath of the suicide, suggesting that they had adopted devaluing social attitudes towards their status as suicide survivors [54,55].”
From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [54]
There was some evidence that stigma led survivors to conceal the cause of death.
“Concerning qualitative results, there was some evidence that stigma led survivors to conceal the cause of the death, withdrew from social interactions or suppress their grief-related emotions [48,50,51,52,54,55].”
From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [54]
There was some evidence that stigma led survivors to withdraw from social interactions.
“Concerning qualitative results, there was some evidence that stigma led survivors to conceal the cause of the death, withdrew from social interactions or suppress their grief-related emotions [48,50,51,52,54,55].”
From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [54]
There was some evidence that stigma led survivors to suppress grief-related emotions.
“Concerning qualitative results, there was some evidence that stigma led survivors to conceal the cause of the death, withdrew from social interactions or suppress their grief-related emotions [48,50,51,52,54,55].”
From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [54]
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- Authors
- Demi, A. S., & Howell, C.
- Affiliations
- Georgia State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Demi, Alice Sterner
- Venue
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-12
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 350-356
- ISSN
- 0883-9417 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2042529839
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 1.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Keywords
- bereavement, grief, long-term effects, grief in children, coping with loss, healing, well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Anger, Denial, Psychological, Family, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nursing Care, Self Concept, Suicide, Nursing Methodology Research
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