Societal Reactions to Suicide in Ghana A Qualitative Study of Experiences of the Bereaved
Societal Reactions to Suicide in Ghana A Qualitative Study of Experiences of the Bereaved
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DOI：
10.1027/0227-5910/a000618
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
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3
通讯作者：
Hjelmeland, Heidi
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作者：
Andoh-Arthur, Johnny;Knizek, Birthe Loa;Hjelmeland, Heidi
背景：非洲普遍存在对自杀的谴责反应，但尚无研究从自杀者家属的角度审视社会对自杀的反应。 目的：这项定性研究探讨了社会对自杀的反应，以进一步了解加纳的问题。方法：使用半结构化访谈指南，我们采访了 14 名自杀男子的 45 名亲密亲属。结果：反应遵循本体论问题，即自杀意味着什么（解释该行为）、其影响（后果）、自杀原因和责任人（责任归属和分配）以及如何补救感知到的损害（损害控制）。局限性：仅关注男性自杀可能会限制社会对自杀的总体反应范围。结论：对自杀的补偿性和报应性社会反应主要受到自杀在环境中是一种非同寻常的道德罪恶这一观点的影响。增加以文化为重点的自杀教育可以提高人们的理解并增强响应性的自杀预防和预防。
Background: Condemnatory reactions toward suicide are prevalent in Africa, yet no study has examined how society reacts to suicides from the perspective of suicide-bereaved persons.Aims: This qualitative study explored societal reactions to suicides so as to further our understanding of the problem in Ghana. Method: Using a semi-structured interview guide, we interviewed 45 close relations of 14 men who took their lives. Results: The reactions followed ontological questions of what suicide means (construing the act), its impact (consequences), why it happened and who to blame (attributions and allocation of responsibility), and how to remedy perceived damages (damage control). Limitations: Focusing on suicides of only men might have limited the range of societal reactions to suicide in general. Conclusion: Reparative and retributive societal reactions to suicides were influenced predominantly by views that suicide is an extraordinary moral evil in the setting. Increased culturally focused suicide education can improve people's understanding and enhance responsive suicide prevention and postvention.