Qualitative inquiry into the experience of suicide loss, aftereffects and coping strategies of suicide-bereaved Greek-speaking parents in Cyprus.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies on suicide-bereaved parents are scarce in South European and Eastern Mediterranean countries. We explored the experiences of Greek-speaking suicide-bereaved parents in Cyprus, with emphasis on the interpretations of their child's suicide, its aftereffects and their coping strategies.

Methods

A qualitative methodology based on inductive content analysis of the interviews of ten mothers and two fathers was applied.

Results

The participants described their efforts to make sense of the senseless, reporting numerous interpretations of their child's suicide. Some participants had achieved to move on by trying to keep the remaining family together. Others felt detached from their social network. The different coping strategies and support systems described, r

SUBMITTER: Zavrou R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10561585 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature