Year: 2020 Source: Japanese Psychological Research. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12311 SIEC No: 20200963

Although the importance of meaning‐making among suicide bereaved has been reported, the detailed contents of the process remain unclear. This study aimed to identify the content categories of sense‐making and benefit‐finding in Japanese suicide loss survivors. We conducted content analysis of responses to open‐ended questions in 99 participants. The results indicated that sense‐making activities comprised seven categories, including Deceased was relieved from pain and Suicide is inevitable in modern society. Benefit‐finding also comprised eight categories, such as Treat others with compassion and Live one day at a time with gratitude. The implications of the results are discussed in terms of sociocultural contexts of suicide postvention.