A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Suicidal Disclosures and Attitudes in Austrian and Turkish University Students

Eskin, Mehmet; Schild, Anne H. E.; Öncü, Bedriye; Stieger, Stefan; Voracek, Martin

doi:10.1080/07481187.2015.1037971

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“…This finding is inconsistent with the cross-cultural studies by Eskin and colleagues (Eskin, 1999;Eskin, Palova, & Krokavcova, 2014;Eskin, Schild, Oncu, Stieger, & Voracek, 2015) suggesting the presence of more accepting and helping reactions to suicide disclosures among Turkish young adults compared to a number of European populations (Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria). These contradictory findings could be explained by the differences in research design between the current bottom-up (qualitative) research and the survey design that was used by Eskin and colleagues.…”

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Canına kıymak – ‘crushing life energy’: a qualitative study on lay and professional understandings of suicide and help-seeking among Turkish migrants in the UK and in the Netherlands

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International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

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(2016) Canınakıymak -'crushing life energy': a qualitative study on lay and professional understandings of suicide and help-seeking among Turkish migrants in the UK and in the Netherlands, International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 9:2, 182-196, DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2016 Currently, little is known about the views that Turkish migrants hold towards suicide, which may differ from the narratives held by native inhabitants of their host countries. Central to improving the provision of mental health services, furthering our knowledge of these views is important. The aim of this research was to explore Turkish cultural understandings on suicide and help-seeking for suicide. A qualitative study included data from 6 focus groups and 7 individual interviews with 38 Turkish-speaking lay people and 4 key informants living in the Netherlands or the UK during the year 2014/2015. Through the analysis of participants' stories and narratives, the following key themes emerged in relation to suicide: suicide as an escape from failure and as a failure in itself; acculturation orientation; parenting style; and shame and stigma. There were more similarities than differences between the themes among laypersons and key informants from two countries. Canına kıymak (crushing life energy) was a strong metaphor for personal distress. Suicide was perceived as a failing of responsibilities towards the family and community. Future research should aim to give voice to all ethnocultural groups to further the present understanding of suicide and help-seeking processes in these communities. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Canına kıymak – ‘crushing life energy’: a qualitative study on lay and professional understandings of suicide and help-seeking among Turkish migrants in the UK and in the Netherlands

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Rathod

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International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

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“…To our knowledge, the most in‐depth study of suicidal ideation disclosure patterns to date was conducted by Eskin and colleagues (). This study examined experiences with disclosure among 351 Turkish and 310 Austrian medicine and psychology students (29.9% and 45.9%, respectively, reported a lifetime history of suicidal thoughts).…”

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“Are You Having Thoughts of Suicide?” Examining Experiences With Disclosing and Denying Suicidal Ideation

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“…However, Turkish adolescents and young adults were more accepting of an imagined suicidal close friend than counterparts in other groups. In line with this, Eskin, Schild, Öncü, Stieger and Voracek () showed that although frequencies of suicidal disclosures were the same in Austrian and Turkish groups, Turkish students disclosed their suicidality to more people than the Austrian, and suicidal disclosures in Turkey were met with helping social reactions more frequently than suicidal disclosures in Austria.…”

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“…Second, an individual in need of support should make her/his need clear to others. Third, the culture in which the social support process takes place must facilitate the availability of those who are giving and the behavioral initiations of both the receiver and the giver (Eskin et al ., ).…”

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Cross‐national comparisons of attitudes towards suicide and suicidal persons in university students from 12 countries

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Voracek

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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This paper reports the results of a comparative investigation of attitudes to suicide and suicidal persons in 5,572 university students from 12 countries. Participants filled out two scales measuring attitudes towards suicide and suicidal persons, a measure of psychological distress together with the questions about suicidal behavior. Results showed that the highest suicide acceptance scores were observed in Austrian, UK, Japanese and Saudi Arabian samples and the lowest scores were noted in Tunisian, Turkish, Iranian and Palestinian samples. While the highest social acceptance scores for a suicidal friend were noted in Turkish, US, Italian and Tunisian samples, the lowest scores were seen in Japanese, Saudi Arabian, Palestinian and Jordanian samples. Compared to participants with a suicidal past, those who were never suicidal displayed more internal barriers against suicidal behavior. Men were more accepting of suicide than women but women were more willing to help an imagined suicidal peer. Participants with accepting attitudes towards suicide but rejecting attitudes towards suicidal persons reported more suicidal behavior and psychological distress, and were more often from high suicide rate countries and samples than their counterparts. They are considered to be caught in a fatal trap in which most predominant feelings of suicidality such as hopelessness or helplessness are likely to occur. We conclude that in some societies such as Japan and Saudi Arabia it might be difficult for suicidal individuals to activate and make use of social support systems.

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A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Suicidal Disclosures and Attitudes in Austrian and Turkish University Students

Cited by 27 publications

References 26 publications

Canına kıymak – ‘crushing life energy’: a qualitative study on lay and professional understandings of suicide and help-seeking among Turkish migrants in the UK and in the Netherlands

Canına kıymak – ‘crushing life energy’: a qualitative study on lay and professional understandings of suicide and help-seeking among Turkish migrants in the UK and in the Netherlands

“Are You Having Thoughts of Suicide?” Examining Experiences With Disclosing and Denying Suicidal Ideation

Cross‐national comparisons of attitudes towards suicide and suicidal persons in university students from 12 countries

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