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Cerutti, R.; Manca, M.; Presaghi, F.; Gratz, Kim L. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
The aims of this study were to investigate the rates of deliberate self-harm (DSH) behavior among an Italian adolescent sample, as well as to explore its clinical correlates. On a sample of 234 adolescents in Italian secondary schools (Mean age = 16.47; SD = 1.7) were assessed the DSH as well as externalizing symptoms (including both conduct…
Descriptors: Accidents, Personality Problems, Natural Disasters, Family Violence
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Solomon, Yvette; Farrand, Julie – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
Analyzes interviews with four self-injuring young women. Suggests the meaning of self-injury is not the same as the meaning of attempted suicide, and that the two acts are related in the sense that self-injury is an adaptive alternative to suicide. The function of self-injury is a communicative act. The extent to with self-injurers can control…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Coping, Emotional Disturbances, Females