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A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of selfstigmatisation among university students who have attempted suicide
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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2025
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| author | Kerruish, Gennifer Skye |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134266 A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of selfstigmatisation among university students who have attempted suicide Kerruish, Gennifer Skye Roomaney, Rizwana Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Kerruish, G. 2025. A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of selfstigmatisation among university students who have attempted suicide. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/06c05a4a-0149-4506-abe3-cfd3e80dcc88 Suicide is reported as one of the top leading causes of death globally, with an estimated 25 attempted suicides for every death. The psychosocial ramifications of attempted suicide, however, extend past that of the attempt itself, where individuals experience public stigmatisation and possibly self-stigmatisation. Self-stigmatisation may heighten the accrued risk of suicide among those who have previously attempted suicide. University students may be vulnerable to suicide, however, there is a paucity of research on self-stigmatisation following a suicide attempt among South African university students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of university students who have attempted suicide in an effort to gain an in-depth understanding of self-stigmatisation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six students, and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings illustrate the manifestation of self-stigmatisation, and its influence on recovery and shaping personal identity; individual perception of public suicide stigma; as well as the nuances of attending university after surviving a suicide attempt. These findings add to the dialogue on attempted suicide and suicide stigmatisation, both by the self and others, in the South African context. Furthermore, these findings shed light on the nuances of life after attempted suicide and mitigating social conventions that are, relatively, grounded in stigmatisation. Masters 2025-11-04T12:02:58Z 2025-11-04T12:02:58Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134266 en Stellenbosch University 247 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Kerruish, Gennifer Skye A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of selfstigmatisation among university students who have attempted suicide |
| title | A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of selfstigmatisation among university students who have attempted suicide |
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| title_short | A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of selfstigmatisation among university students who have attempted suicide |
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