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dc.contributor.authorSøberg, Ane Inger Bondahl
dc.contributor.authorDanbolt, Lars Johan
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Torgeir
dc.contributor.authorHaug, Sigrid Helene Kjørven
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T07:46:46Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T07:46:46Z
dc.date.created2022-12-09T10:28:31Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationArchive for the Psychology of Religion/ Archiv für Religionspsychologie. 2022, 1-19.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0084-6724
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3051761
dc.description.abstractPatients in specialist mental healthcare services who are at risk of suicide may experience their struggles as existential in nature. Yet, research on meaning in life has been relatively scarce in suicidology. This qualitative study aimed to explore how patients at risk of suicide perceived their encounters with specialist healthcare professionals after a suicide attempt (SA), with special reference to meaning in life experiences. The study was conducted in specialised mental healthcare services in Norway. Data were collected via individual interviews with eight patients aged 20–75 years. Using a four-step procedure, the interviews were analysed by systematic text condensation. The participants understood their feelings of shame, self-contempt and challenging life experiences as contributing factors to their SA. They perceived that existential themes in relation to financial difficulties, shame and trauma were resolved, while issues associated with the SA, such as death, loss and beliefs, were given less attention. The participants were either ambivalent about continuing to live or wished to rebuild a meaningful life. Overall, their experiences of meaningfulness were hampered. Assisting patients with meaning in life experiences may help them alter their life interpretations and increase their ability to rebuild their lives as meaningful. The present study should be seen as a contribution to meaning-informed approaches in specialist mental healthcare services. More research is needed to equip healthcare personnel in their overall aims of preventing suicide and supporting patients at risk in their efforts to live a meaningful lifeen_US
dc.description.abstractPatients at risk of suicide and their meaning in life experiencesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectEksistensiell omsorgen_US
dc.subjectKvalitativ studieen_US
dc.subjectlivsmestringen_US
dc.subjectSelvmorden_US
dc.titlePatients at risk of suicide and their meaning in life experiencesen_US
dc.title.alternativePatients at risk of suicide and their meaning in life experiencesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-19en_US
dc.source.journalArchive for the Psychology of Religion/ Archiv für Religionspsychologieen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00846724221137620
dc.identifier.cristin2091062
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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