Qualitative analysis of reasons and contexts of suicide attempt by women in Yasouj

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Maryam Mokhtari ¹
• Hamid Sedaghat ²
• Ebrahim Fattahpour ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, faculty of literature and human sciences, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.

² PHD student of Social Problem Research, , faculty of literature and human sciences, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.

10.30495/jzvj.2023.31910.4017

Abstract

Background: Attempting suicide as a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon that has various dimensions such as psychological, social, family and cultural, which has increased in an unprecedented manner based on statistics and documented evidence. This research seeks to identify the reasons and contexts of women committing suicide in Yasouj city.
Methods: This research seeks to identify the reasons and contexts of women committing suicide in Yasouj using qualitative method and grounded theory approach. The participants in the current research were 10 women from Yasouj city, who were interviewed in a semi-structured manner, and then the resulting data were analyzed using three-stage open, central and selective coding.
Results: The findings show the existence of 9 main categories in the suicide attempt, which are: "Encounter with violence", "Disordered family", "Psychological problems", "Aversion to tradition", "Ineffective coping skills". , "compensation for shortcomings", "normative pressure", "reproduction of conditions" and "covetousness". The core category of the research is "intentional practical suicide to liberating action".
Conclusion: As a result, the reason for committing suicide by women can be explained as follows: Some women view suicide as a tool through which they intend to influence the environment and people by their actions in order to achieve their goals, which these goals are considered by people. Different is different. But there were other women who considered suicide in times of anger or bitter moments of life as a way to overcome this misery and reach mental and psychological peace.

Keywords

• Attempted suicide
• Women
• Grounded theory
• Yasouj

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