Forgiveness and Blame Among Suicide Survivors: A Qualitative Analysis on Reports of 4-Year Self-Help-Group Meetings

Testoni, Ines; Francescon, Elisa; Leo, Diego De; Santini, Anna; Zamperini, Adriano

doi:10.1007/s10597-018-0291-3

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“…The process was structured following six main phases: preparatory organisation, reading and re-reading to recognise key concepts, coding data, interpreting themes, searching for alternative explanations and producing the final report [34,35]. The process proceeded in a 'bottom-up' manner, wherein categories only became clear as the analysis unfolded and as we explored the connections between explicit statements and implicit meanings [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. We performed the analysis with ATLAS.ti, a computer programme that can identify the thematic networks [38,41].…”

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The Value of Dignity in Prison: A Qualitative Study with Life Convicts

Testoni

Marrella

Biancalani

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Behavioral Sciences

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Background: This research is based on the perspective of dignity according to Chochinov; thus, the life imprisonment of detainees is assimilated to a severe disease. Methods: Ten male prisoners were interviewed trough Chochinov’s Dignity Therapy, and the results were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Two areas of thematic prevalence emerged, namely, value of freedom, self-consciousness and education and their failure in jail, and life sentence as annihilation of life meaning and of the values of generativity and family. Conclusions: Life imprisonment has been described in its negativity by several respondents as a punishment worse than the death penalty. It has been compared to death itself, to a terminal illness, to torture and to a pain that grows over the years, with the awareness that despite the passing of time, you will not have the opportunity to return to your loved one and to a free life. In fact, prisoners live out their condition within a space in which any value that gives meaning to life risks being destroyed.

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The Value of Dignity in Prison: A Qualitative Study with Life Convicts

Testoni

Marrella

Biancalani

et al. 2020

Behavioral Sciences

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“…This study pertains to the field of qualitative research in psychology ( Camic et al, 2003 ), adopting the qualitative-phenomenological approach considered in the literature to be the most reliable for investigating people’s life experiences and their interpretation of meanings ( Denzin, 1995 ; Gill, 2014 ; Pietkiewicz and Smith, 2014 ; Testoni et al, 2018a , b ). The combination of the emic view of the participants and the interpretative etic view of the researchers helps the understanding of cultural issues on health and practicalissues ( Sanjek, 2000 ; Oliffe and Bottorff, 2006 ; Testoni et al, 2018c ).…”

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Domestic Violence Between Childhood Incest and Re-victimization: A Study Among Anti-violence Centers in Italy

2018

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The study focuses on a specific problem in the area of child sexual abuse (CSA), which is still under-researched: the relationship between incest and adult female re-victimization treatment within the ambit of domestic violence in Italian centers. About 112 anti-violence centers were contacted, but only 13 participated and only 16 psychologists were interviewed to reconstruct the biographies of 32 victims. The study aimed to examine if and how the service centers recognized and dealt with the problem of re-victimization among survivors based on psychologists’ narrations. Findings showed that the description of perpetrators revealed not only sexual abuse was perpetrated, but also psychological and physical abuse. About half of mothers did not come to their daughters’ aid and those who cooperated with the abusers had mostly suffered from CSA at a time in their life. Only three mothers did help their daughters in contacting the anti-violence centers. However, most of the service centers were not concerned with the relationship between incest and domestic re-victimization, while those who considered the problem, dealt with it only on the practitioner–patient level. In addition, despite the psychologists used professional and empathetic language, they disclosed their high emotional involvement and a genuine bewilderment. A discussion on the need to standardize the psychotherapeutic support given to these re-victimized women was presented, with a critique to the un-discriminated de-pathologization approach adopted by almost all anti-violence centers. In particular, we wanted to underline the fact that, although, this approach is useful in treating victims who were not abused during infancy, it could be insufficient for women who suffered from incest.

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“…Recent qualitative studies among suicide-loss survivors have shown that forgiving themselves is one of the toughest struggles in their bereavement process, yet, crucial for their recovery (33)(34)(35). Considering the strong guilt feelings and disproportionate responsibility that often characterize suicide-loss survivors, perhaps adopting some elements of SF could address their feelings and promote adaptive coping with them.…”

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Emotional Distress Among Suicide Survivors: The Moderating Role of Self-Forgiveness

Levi‐Belz

Gilo

2020

Front. Psychiatry

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Grief after suicide entails unique challenges and difficulties, such as intense feelings of anger and guilt, as well as various psychological risks. The current study examined the contribution of self-forgiveness (SF) to emotional distress (e.g., depressed mood and suicidal ideation) among suicide-loss survivors, compared with bereavement following sudden and expected death types. Bereaved individuals (N = 309; aged 18-84) completed questionnaires measuring SF, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, demographics, and personal characteristics concerning the bereavement. A significant interaction between SF and type of loss was found, in which suicide-loss survivors with low levels of SF manifested the highest levels of depression and suicidal ideation compared with other subgroups. The findings reflect the importance of SF as a protective factor against depression and suicidality among suicide-loss survivors as well as the possible efficacy of forgiveness-based interventions in this population.

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Forgiveness and Blame Among Suicide Survivors: A Qualitative Analysis on Reports of 4-Year Self-Help-Group Meetings

Cited by 32 publications

References 39 publications

The Value of Dignity in Prison: A Qualitative Study with Life Convicts

The Value of Dignity in Prison: A Qualitative Study with Life Convicts

Domestic Violence Between Childhood Incest and Re-victimization: A Study Among Anti-violence Centers in Italy

Emotional Distress Among Suicide Survivors: The Moderating Role of Self-Forgiveness

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