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The alarmingly increasing prevalence rate of suicide makes it a major public health concern worldwide. Nevertheless, suicidality is preventable and manageable given the continuous efforts to fully understand it. This grounded study examined the process of suicide recovery among a selection of Filipino youth aged 15 to 27. Twenty-five survivors of suicide attempts were purposively selected and went through in-depth interviews. Emerging categories were monitored until all new data fitted into existing categories and no new data surfaced from further theoretical sampling, indicating theoretical saturation. Theoretical triangulation aided in making the findings comprehensive. Peer debriefing and member validation were conscientiously employed to yield a substantive theory called the Inflorescence Model of Suicide Recovery. This model likened suicide recovery to the processes that a flowering plant goes through. It elucidates the phases of suicide recovery: (1) immersion: the acknowledgment of brokenness and vulnerabilities; (2) germination: the process of splitting off the seed coat of emotional pains; (3) emersion: the sprouting from the soil; (4) entrenchment: the process of rooting deeper; and (5) inflorescence: the flourishing and sustaining of suicide recovery. The Inflorescence Model of Suicide Recovery can contribute to the development of recovery-focused psychological intervention and management strategies for youths suffering from suicidality.
Keywords: grounded theory, inflorescence model, suicide recovery, youth
Suicidality is an intricate phenomenon that has yet to be unraveled and understood despite the current massive literature on the topic. The suicide rate is exponentially increasing causing major public health concerns worldwide. Globally, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018, around 800,000 people die by ending their lives each year and approximately one death by suicide takes place every 40 seconds.
In the Philippines, Butuyan (2016) reported that approximately seven Filipinos committed suicide every day. Consequently, it is the 9th leading cause of death among the 20 to 24 age group since 2003 and claims approximately one out of every three deaths among Filipinos aged 10 to 24 (Quintos, 2017a). Moreover, among Filipino youth of the 15 to 27 age group, roughly one in every ten has thoughts of ending their own life, and around one in every twenty attempts to do so (Quintos, 2017b).
There is a large body of literature on suicide attempts (Hjelmeland & Knizek, 2010). In...