Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury
Language is a powerful form of communication that not only conveys ideas and knowledge but also can assign meaning and value to the world around us. As such, language has the power to shape our attitudes toward individuals, behaviors, and ideas, by labeling them (indirectly or not) as "good&quo...
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| description | Language is a powerful form of communication that not only conveys ideas and knowledge but also can assign meaning and value to the world around us. As such, language has the power to shape our attitudes toward individuals, behaviors, and ideas, by labeling them (indirectly or not) as "good"or "bad."In this way, language can be used to propagate stigma and other unhelpful attitudes toward individuals who already experience stigma. One behavior that may be particularly prone to the impact of unhelpful language is nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). In this article, we draw on Staniland's NSSI stigma framework to demonstrate how an individual with lived experience of NSSI may be exposed to stigmatizing messaging through 30 different channels, and propose that the accumulation of these messages may be particularly damaging. We conclude by offering practical tips for clinicians and researchers wishing to empathically work with individuals who self-injure. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-937202023-11-28T00:09:09Z Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury Hasking, Penelope Staniland, Lexy Boyes, Mark Lewis, S.P. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences & Neurology Self-injury NSSI stigma language NONSUICIDAL SELF-INJURY MENTAL-ILLNESS CHILD CARE Humans Language Self-Injurious Behavior Social Stigma Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Language Social Stigma Language is a powerful form of communication that not only conveys ideas and knowledge but also can assign meaning and value to the world around us. As such, language has the power to shape our attitudes toward individuals, behaviors, and ideas, by labeling them (indirectly or not) as "good"or "bad."In this way, language can be used to propagate stigma and other unhelpful attitudes toward individuals who already experience stigma. One behavior that may be particularly prone to the impact of unhelpful language is nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). In this article, we draw on Staniland's NSSI stigma framework to demonstrate how an individual with lived experience of NSSI may be exposed to stigmatizing messaging through 30 different channels, and propose that the accumulation of these messages may be particularly damaging. We conclude by offering practical tips for clinicians and researchers wishing to empathically work with individuals who self-injure. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93720 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001524 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences & Neurology Self-injury NSSI stigma language NONSUICIDAL SELF-INJURY MENTAL-ILLNESS CHILD CARE Humans Language Self-Injurious Behavior Social Stigma Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Language Social Stigma Hasking, Penelope Staniland, Lexy Boyes, Mark Lewis, S.P. Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury |
| title | Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury |
| title_full | Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury |
| title_fullStr | Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury |
| title_short | Adding Insult to Injury: The Accumulation of Stigmatizing Language on Individuals With Lived Experience of Self-Injury |
| title_sort | adding insult to injury: the accumulation of stigmatizing language on individuals with lived experience of self-injury |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences & Neurology Self-injury NSSI stigma language NONSUICIDAL SELF-INJURY MENTAL-ILLNESS CHILD CARE Humans Language Self-Injurious Behavior Social Stigma Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Language Social Stigma |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93720 |