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Grief as a transformative experience: weaving through different lifeworlds after a loved one has completed suicide

Fielden, Jann M.·2003·International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
DOI 10.1046/j.1440-0979.2003.00271.x
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Using Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology informed by van Manen's and Benner's work, this research is an exploration and interpretation of the lived experiences of family members since they lost a close family member to suicidal death. Data from in-depth interviews with six participants, the researcher's journal entries and published literature were analysed. Findings gave rise to a grief model where suicide survivors moved through four modes of being-in-the-world characterized by 13 lifeworlds or themes. Surviving suicide was a transformative process that in time enabled survivors to discover new ways of understanding and relating to the world. The findings have implications for nurses and counsellors working in the area of suicide bereavement.

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  • Participants reported sensing other people's fear and discomfort in social interactions and had experienced ostracism, avoidance and rejection.

    “Participants reported sensing other people’s fear and discomfort in social interactions and had experienced ostracism, avoidance and rejection [46,47,49,51,53,55].”

    From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [51]

  • Participants described being blamed for the suicide by family members, friends, and professionals, which was experienced as stigmatizing.

    “Participants described being blamed for the suicide by family members, friends, and professionals, which was experienced as stigmatizing [46,51,52].”

    From The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review (2016) · cites this paper as [51]

  • 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 [51]

  • 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 [51]

  • 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 [51]

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Authors
Fielden, J. M.
Affiliations
Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
Corresponding author
Fielden, Jann M.
ORCID
Fielden, Jann M.
Venue
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-03
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
74-85
ISSN
  • 1445-8330 (ISSN-L)
  • 1447-0349
DOI
10.1046/j.1440-0979.2003.00271.x
OpenAlex
W1972027727
Cited by
74
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
FWCI
4.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 19 d)
Locations
  • International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cross Connect (Southern Cross University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Victoria University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Keywords
suicide bereavement, grief, suicide survivors, family members of suicide victims, lifeworld, transformative experience, Martin Heidegger, van Manen, Benner, lived experience
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Attitude to Death, Family, Fear, Female, Grief, Guilt, Humans, Human Development, Life Change Events, Loneliness, Love, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, New Zealand, Surveys and Questionnaires, Shame, Social Support, Suicide, Nursing Methodology Research, Survivors, Comprehension, Narration

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