The subjective and objective side of helplessness: Navigating between reassurance and risk management when people seek help for suicidal others

• Published in: British journal of social psychology Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 1608 - 1624
• Main Authors: Iversen, Clara, Kevoe‐Feldman, Heidi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.2024
• Subjects: conversation analysis; discursive psychology; helplines; help‐seeking; object‐side; subject‐side; suicide; discursive psychology; help‐seeking; subject‐side; conversation analysis; suicide; helplines; object‐side

Social psychologists interested in interaction have demonstrated that help‐seeking is a fruitful area for understanding how people relate to one another, but there is insufficient knowledge on how people navigate emotional involvement in help activities. Drawing on discursive psychology and conversa...