Sociological Study of Suicide ; Identification of Risk Factor

Subject Areas : sociology

Zeinab Kouchakian ¹ , Alireza Mohseni Tabrizi ² , Zahra Aslani ³

1 - Phd in cultural of sociology
2 - sociology, social sciences, Tehran university, Tehran, Iran
3 - Phd in sociology of Economics and development

Received: 2019-08-31 Accepted : 2020-05-05 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: Risk Factors, Tehran, qualitative method, phenomenology, Suicideattempt,

Abstract :

Suicide is among the human behaviors influenced by different biological motives. In the current conditions, given some issues such as increased suicide attempts, lifestyle change, and decreased age of suicide attempts, it seems vital to deeply investigate suicide. Using qualitative phenomenological approach, the present study tries to focus on the data obtained from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 30 individuals who attempted suicide (23 women and 7 men) to understand and identify risk factors that are effective in explaining how the suicide occurs. The results indicate that to understand suicide, the psychological disorders, the consequences of antisocial behaviors, and the risk factors that over time have influenced the lifestyle on the individual, family, and social levels should be taken into account. In-depth interviews demonstrate that most of the respondents were involved with issues including addiction, nonconformity, multiple secrecy, free relations with the opposite sex, illegal behaviors, early marriage, running away from home, and dropping out of school. Thus, identifying the risk factors and the interactions among them is of crucial importance in this regard.