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Direct linkMoyer, Michael; Nelson, Kaye Welch – Professional School Counseling, 2007
The purpose of this study was to explore the meanings that self-mutilating behaviors have to adolescents. Phenomenological interviews of six students resulted in the development of seven core themes. The data provided valuable insight into the world of self-mutilation at its beginning stages. Implications for school counselors are discussed.
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Phenomenology, Interviews
Crane, Catherine; Williams, J. Mark. G.; Hawton, Keith; Arensman, Ella; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Bille-Brahe, Unni; Corcoran, Paul; De Leo, Diego; Fekete, Sandor; Grad, Onja; Haring, Christian; Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.; Lonnqvist, Jouko; Michel, Konrad; Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Schmidtke, Armin; van Heeringen, Cornelius; Wasserman, Danuta – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Correlation, Self Destructive Behavior
Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey developed by the ACHA in 1998 to assist institutions of higher education in achieving this goal. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Health Needs, Health Conditions
Tucker, Tameka M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Nationally published reports on death rates for substance abuse (drug-alcohol related), violence (homicide), and risky sexual behaviors (HIV/AIDS) among African-American men are deeply concerning. The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between historical/developmental factors (masculine identity, racial identity, racism),…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Employment Level, Income, Suicide
Hilt, Lori M.; Nock, Matthew K.; Lloyd-Richardson, Elizabeth E.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
This study examined rates, correlates and an interpersonal model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among a sample of 508 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Questionnaires assessing NSSI, related health-risk behaviors, and relationships with parents were administered two times over an 11-month period. Overall, 7.5% reported engaging in NSSI within…
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Self Destructive Behavior, Early Adolescents
Crowell, Sheila E.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; McCauley, Elizabeth; Smith, Cindy J.; Vasilev, Christina A.; Stevens, Adrianne L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Self-inflicted injury in adolescence indicates significant emotional and psychological suffering. Although data on the etiology of self-injury are limited, current theories suggest that the emotional lability observed among self-injuring adolescents results from complex interactions between individual biological vulnerabilities and environmental…
Descriptors: Mothers, Correlation, Affective Behavior, Negative Attitudes
Swenson, Lance P.; Spirito, Anthony; Dyl, Jennifer; Kittler, Jennifer; Hunt, Jeffrey I. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
This archival study of 288 adolescent psychiatric inpatients examined the psychiatric correlates of cutting behavior. Participants were categorized into Threshold cutters (n = 61), Subthreshold cutters (n = 43), and Noncutters (n = 184). Groups were compared on psychiatric diagnoses, suicidality, and self-reported impairment. Results demonstrated…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Patients, Depression (Psychology), Correlation
Peer reviewedScott, Stewart W.; Powell, John C. – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Examined referral for psychiatric assessment of 17 adolescent self-mutilators attending Accident and Emergency Department for treatment of self-inflicted injuries and their previous attendance at casualty department in 5 years preceding the event. Findings suggest that repeated attendance at casualty department for apparently trivial or no…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
King, Bryan H. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
This paper reviews hypotheses suggesting psychological, behavioral, physiological, or neurochemical factors as causes of self-injury in individuals with severe/profound mental retardation. A compulsive behavior hypothesis is introduced, suggesting that self-injury occurs with cerebral dysfunction is compulsive, may occur in the context of a…
Descriptors: Etiology, Research Needs, Self Destructive Behavior, Severe Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSmyth, Nancy J.; Ivanoff, Andre – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1994
Investigated relationship between maladaptation and environmental preferences of 33 male prisoners who had engaged in deliberate, self-harm earlier in their incarceration. Found that good and poor adaptors had significantly different environmental preference profiles. Good adaptors were more likely to prefer Activity and Social Stimulation and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Personality Traits, Prisoners, Self Destructive Behavior
Peer reviewedDuberstein, Paul R. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2001
Openness to Experience (a personality trait) is examined in relation to suicidal behavior. People scoring low on an inventory measuring Openness are less likely to report suicidal ideation. It is hypothesized that such people with major depression may be at increased risk for completed suicide, in part because they are less likely to report…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Self Destructive Behavior
Brown, Gregory K.; Henriques, Gregg R.; Sosdjan, Daniella; Beck, Aaron T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
The degree of intent to commit suicide and the severity of self-injury were examined in individuals (N = 180) who had recently attempted suicide. Although a minimal association was found between the degree of suicide intent and the degree of lethality of the attempt, the accuracy of expectations about the likelihood of dying was found to moderate…
Descriptors: Suicide, Intention, Self Destructive Behavior, Predictor Variables
Hawton, Keith; Harriss, Louise; Simkin, Sue; Bale, Elizabeth; Bond, Alison – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004
A large (n = 14,892) consecutive sample of deliberate self-harm (attempted suicide) patients who presented to a general hospital in the United Kingdom during a 23-year study period was examined (over two consecutive time periods) in order to compare the characteristics of those who used self-cutting (n = 428) and those who self-poisoned (n =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychiatric Services, Patients, Suicide
Lange, Aart W.; Neeleman, Jan – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004
Suicide rates may be affected by world news. Our objective was to investigate the possible impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on suicidal behavior in the Netherlands. There was evidence of an increase in rates of suicide and deliberate self-harm in the weeks immediately following the attacks. These findings contrast with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Terrorism, News Reporting, Suicide
Lam, Kristen S. L.; Aman, Michael G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
A key feature of autism is restricted repetitive behavior (RRB). Despite the significance of RRBs, little is known about their phenomenology, assessment, and treatment. The Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) is a recently-developed questionnaire that captures the breadth of RRB in autism. To validate the RBS-R in an independent sample, we…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Phenomenology, Interrater Reliability, Factor Analysis
