Progress and Development of Kermanshah Province

Progress and Development of Kermanshah Province

identify the causes and factors related to suicide and to present interventions and strategies to reduce it in Kermanshah

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor in psychology, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Assistant Professor in ciunseling, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to identify the causes and factors related to suicide and to present interventions and strategies to reduce it in Kermanshah. The research method was qualitative and phenomenological. This study was conducted in the first half of 2020 and the participants in the study were 24 adolescents and young people with unsuccessful suicidal thoughts and intentions who were selected by accessible and purposeful sampling from clients referred to the counseling center under the supervision of Kermanshah Welfare Department. Collaborative analysis was used to qualitatively analyze the texts. The semantic units of the interviews were categorized in the form of 108 concept codes and the themes of the causes of suicide were also classified into three general categories: a. Family factors such as: (Family indifference and cold emotional atmosphere, physical and mental abuse in childhood, divorce and parental addiction, authoritarian and rejecting parenting, etc.) b. Environmental and conditional factors such as: (modeling, affected by virtual networks, unemployment and economic problems, uncertain future job, loss of loved ones, etc.) and c. Individual factors such as: (experiences of emotional failure, impulsivity, weak relationship with God, etc.). Was. In general, family factors play a very important role in the tendency of adolescents and young people to commit suicide.
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