Mallon Sharon, Stanley Nicky
<location>The Open University, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Milton Keynes, UK</location>
<location>University of Central Lancashire, Department of Social Work, Preston, UK</location>
Crisis. 2015 Jun;36(2):142-147. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000299. Epub 2015 Jan 12.
Background: Suicide research acknowledges the negotiated nature of a coroner's verdict of suicide. However, the process by which those who are bereaved come to determine that a death was a suicide has received little attention. Aims: To explore how young adults come to conceptualize their friends' deaths as suicides. Method: In-depth interviews were undertaken with 12 young people whose friends had died by apparent suicides. Interviews were analyzsed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: Few of the participants attended the inquest, and most placed little value on the verdict given to the death by the coroner. However, participants used processes and definitions similar to the coroners' to explore and create meaning from their friend's final thoughts and actions in order to determine whether he/she meant to end their life. Conclusion: This research contributes to our understanding of the profound impact of death by suicide and the negotiated nature of participants' understandings of the death. The findings can assist in understanding how the bereaved may be supported.
自杀研究承认验尸官判定自杀具有协商性质。然而，那些失去亲人的人认定某起死亡为自杀的过程却很少受到关注。
探讨年轻人如何将其朋友的死亡概念化为自杀。
对12名朋友因明显自杀而离世的年轻人进行了深入访谈。采用解释现象学分析方法对访谈进行分析。
很少有参与者参加死因调查，大多数人对验尸官对死亡给出的判定不太重视。然而，参与者使用了与验尸官类似的过程和定义，从他们朋友的最终想法和行为中探寻并创造意义，以确定其朋友是否有意结束自己的生命。
本研究有助于我们理解自杀死亡的深远影响以及参与者对死亡理解的协商性质。这些发现有助于理解如何为失去亲人者提供支持。
