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Title: | Carers' Motivations for, and Experiences of, Participating in Suicide Research | Contributor(s): | Maple, Myfanwy (author)![]() ![]() |
Publication Date: | 2020-03-06 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17051733 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29840 | Abstract: | (1) Background: First-hand accounts of lived experience of suicide remain rare in the research literature. Increasing interest in the lived experience of suicide is resulting in more opportunities for people to participate in research based on their personal experience. How individuals choose to participate in research, and their experience of doing so, are important considerations in the ethical conduct of research. (2) Methods: To understand the experience of providing care for someone who has previously attempted suicide, a cross-sectional online community survey was conducted. This survey concluded with questions regarding motivation to participate and the experience of doing so. Of the 758 individuals who participated in the survey, 545 provided open-ended text responses to questions regarding motivation and 523 did so for questions regarding the experience of participating. It is these responses that are the focus of this paper. Data were analysed thematically. (3) Results: Motivations to participate were expressed as primarily altruistic in nature, with a future focus on improving the experience of the person who had attempted suicide alongside carers to ease distress. The experience of participating was difficult yet manageable, for all but a few participants. (4) Conclusions: With the increasing interest in first-hand accounts of suicide, how individuals experience participation in research is an important focus that requires further attention. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), p. 1-15 | Publisher: | MDPI AG | Place of Publication: | Switzerland | ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified 111714 Mental Health |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520302 Clinical psychology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920209 Mental Health Services | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200305 Mental health services | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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