The role of women's self‐injury support‐groups

A grounded theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12396019
AutoresJennifer Corcoran, Jennifer A Corcoran (0000-0002-3764-0218, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, autor de correspondencia), Avril Mewse (0000-0002-9084-5212, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust), Gloria Babiker (Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust)
Año2006
Volumen17
Número1
Páginas35-52
Fecha de publicación2006-11-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.868
OpenAlexW2171534255
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas35

Research evidence suggests that services are struggling to adequately address the increasing incidence of self‐injury and the needs of women who self‐injure, while national self‐injury support‐groups across the UK appear to be growing in number. Despite their reported value, evidence regarding the role of self‐injury support‐groups in women's management of their self‐injury is lacking although government policy and official guidelines are advocating the incorporation of support‐groups into self‐injury services. Seven semi‐structured interviews were conducted and analysed using Grounded Theory to investigate the role of three UK self‐injury support‐groups in women's management of self‐injury and associated difficulties. Empowerment‐as‐process emerged as the core theme of self‐injury support‐groups, mediated through experiences of belonging, sharing, autonomy, positive feeling and change. Findings are discussed in relation to relevant theory and research, followed by critical evaluation and implications of the study. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Autonomy · Empowerment · Feeling · Government (linguistics · Grounded theory · Political science · Qualitative research · Self-determination theory · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies