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Suicide is a tragic act. The real victims of the tragedy are the
individuals who are left behind to cope with the trauma of loosing
a significant other. They often struggle with unanswerable
questions, self-blaming, stigmatisation and confusion. Very little
is known regarding the qualitative aspects of adolescent suicide
survivors' emotional experiences, meaning-making and coping
behaviour. This book describes a study of the lived experiences of
female late adolescent suicide survivors. It primarily uses a
psychological-phenomenological approach. Data collection consisted
of collage-facilitated face-to-face phenomenological interviews.
The data were analysed according to Giorgi's phenomenological
method. The analysis revealed three peri-suicide experience
clusters ("Awareness of victim's suicide-associated behaviour
directly prior to the suicide," "Immediate reactions on becoming
aware of the suicide" and "Reactions in the days following the
suicide") and three post-suicide experience clusters ("Falling
apart," "Being shattered" and "Putting the pieces back together").
The analysis should be helpful to suicide survivors and to
professionals in Psychology and Suicidology.
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