IPA Analysis of the Lived Experience of Suicidal Behaviour
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experience of Suicidal Behaviour
IRAS ID
181381
Contact name
Rory O'Connor
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 0 days
Research summary
Any efforts to prevent suicide are aided by research. The existing literature on suicide is vast and growing exponentially however; it is dominated by quantitative research that has largely focused on providing explanatory accounts of suicidal phenomena. The proposed study will seek to address this gap by using qualitative methods in order to generate rich and detailed, idiographic accounts of suicidal behaviour among individuals with a history of attempted suicide. Participants will be recruited from community-based mental health services in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (Riverside Community Mental Health Team & the North West Glasgow Crisis Service) and they will all take part in a one-off, semi-structured interview asking them about their experiences of suicidal behaviour. The researcher will be guided by participants in terms of specific themes, inviting them to tell their story in their own words; however it is likely that the study will include exploration of various aspects of suicidal phenomena, including the transition from thinking about suicide to acting on those thoughts; the process of choosing a suicidal method (and the factors influencing this decision); and the experience of recovering from attempted suicide. The interview transcripts will be then be subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
15/WS/0167
Date of REC Opinion
21 Aug 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion