Suicidal ideation to action (a phenomenological study)

The present study seeks to describe the experience and understanding of suicidal ideation and the emerging world in soldiers. This research is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. The target population of soldiers was serving in 2020, which was done by targeted sampling and snowball sampling due to military sensitivity, and the name of the special barracks was avoided. After interviewing 8 soldiers, the answers of the people were saturated. Data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews, which used continuous conflict, continuous observation, and progressive mentality in the interview to assess the validity and reliability of qualitative data. In the analysis stages, we reached 2 main categories and 7 sub-categories. The categories of purpose and motivation, fear, loneliness and separation from the family were subordinated to the main category of individual level. The categories of sense of compulsion, humiliation, mismatch of status, lack of financial and emotional support were included in the main categories of the level of action. The results showed that there are conditions and issues in military service that initially give rise to suicidal ideation and the continuation of these issues leads to suicide attempts. Studies show that some things are unlikely to change, but things like problem-solving skills training, changing the way laws are enforced, localizing soldiers' admissions, and finally changing attitudes toward soldiers can reduce the suicidal ideation that is a prerequisite for suicide.