title: [Life Experience following Suicide Attempt among Middle-aged Men].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was performed to identify the meaning of life experience following suicide attempt among middle-aged men.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative research design was adopted using van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The participants were six middle-aged men who had attempted suicide at least one time. Data were collected in 2013 through in-depth interviews. Individual interviews were recorded; and literary, art works and phenomenological literature were searched to identify the meaning of the experience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The five essential themes of the life experience of middle-aged men who attempted suicide were 'Bitter reality confronted again', 'Anger buried deep inside', 'Broken family, inescapable fetters', 'Blocked relationships, closed world' and 'A step towards a new life'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The meaning of lived experience found in this study provides deep insight into the experience following suicide attempt in middle-aged men and crucial information to give directions to appropriate support and nursing interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing·Chonbuk Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea. kimhk@jbnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyun Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
keywords: Attempted suicide; Men; Middle aged; Qualitative research