Is This the Family Path?”
Understanding the Lived Experience of Motherhood for Women Who Have Lost Their Own Mother to Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629093 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Raby (0009-0006-6955-6025, Australian Catholic University), Joel Anderson (0000-0003-3649-2003, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 302228251317371-302228251317371 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228251317371 |
| PMID | 39889714 |
| OpenAlex | W4407024768 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
For daughters who have lost their mother to suicide, resurgences of grief may occur, triggered by anniversaries, family occasions, and by entering motherhood. When these women become mothers, they must adjust to the joys and stressors of motherhood, without the emotional and practical support that a maternal grandmother would often provide. This study provides an in-depth qualitative exploration of the experiences of women who have experienced their own mother suicide. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of five mothers who have experienced their mother suicide. Data were collected and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Analysis revealed five group experiential themes: lacking a guiding maternal figure, navigating identity and expectations, carrying the legacy of maternal suicide, motherhood as healing, and the trajectory:is this the family path? . This study identifies key challenges and specific needs of mothers who have experienced their mother suicide
Developmental psychology · Grief · Identity (music · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Lived experience · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
The Self and Autobiographical Memory
Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Interpretative phenomenological analysis as a useful methodology for research on the lived experience of pain
The Stigma of Suicide Survivorship and Related Consequences—A Systematic Review
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Lived Experiences of Suicide Bereavement within Families
Rosy or blue? Change in recall bias of students’ affective experiences during early adolescence
Comprehending Childhood Bereavement by Parental Suicide
Motherless mothers
Nobody taught her how to be a mother’
An unhealable wound
Is This What Motherhood is All About
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |