Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health
Self-injury (SI) is an increasingly common adolescent maladaptive behaviour. Online communities (OCs) for those who SI provide information on recovery, emotional support, and a sense of community to individuals isolated by their behaviour. Sixty-seven individuals who are members of OCs for those who...
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| author | Johnson, Genevieve |
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| description | Self-injury (SI) is an increasingly common adolescent maladaptive behaviour. Online communities (OCs) for those who SI provide information on recovery, emotional support, and a sense of community to individuals isolated by their behaviour. Sixty-seven individuals who are members of OCs for those who SI responded to ten open-ended questionnaire items posted on two message boards used by members of the community to communicate with other community members. OC members reported a variety of strategies of self-harm. The majority of respondents indicated that they SI in response to emotional distress. Almost 30% reported participating in the OC multiple times each day, almost half reported visiting the community at least once a day. More than half of respondents indicated that their SI decreased in frequency since joining the OC. Improved school-based services for adolescents who SI may include peer-to-peer and school psychologist online support. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-91882023-01-18T08:46:47Z Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health Johnson, Genevieve Siew-Mee Barton John Hedberg Katusaki Suzuki Self-injury (SI) is an increasingly common adolescent maladaptive behaviour. Online communities (OCs) for those who SI provide information on recovery, emotional support, and a sense of community to individuals isolated by their behaviour. Sixty-seven individuals who are members of OCs for those who SI responded to ten open-ended questionnaire items posted on two message boards used by members of the community to communicate with other community members. OC members reported a variety of strategies of self-harm. The majority of respondents indicated that they SI in response to emotional distress. Almost 30% reported participating in the OC multiple times each day, almost half reported visiting the community at least once a day. More than half of respondents indicated that their SI decreased in frequency since joining the OC. Improved school-based services for adolescents who SI may include peer-to-peer and school psychologist online support. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9188 http://www.editlib.org/p/37181 AACE restricted |
| spellingShingle | Johnson, Genevieve Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health |
| title | Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health |
| title_full | Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health |
| title_fullStr | Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health |
| title_short | Online Communities for those who Self-Injure: A Description of Members with Implications for Adolescent Health |
| title_sort | online communities for those who self-injure: a description of members with implications for adolescent health |
| url | http://www.editlib.org/p/37181 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9188 |