I had a lot of anger and that's what kind of led me to cutting myself

Employing a social stress framework to explain why some homeless women self-injure

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3608943
AutoresLaura Huey (0000-0003-2508-9542, Western University, autor correspondente), Danielle Hryniewicz (Western University), Georgios Fthenos (Western University)
Ano2014
Volume23
Fascículo2
Páginas148-158
Data de publicação2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5172/hesr.2013.3864
OpenAlexW4229917253
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas37

The goal of this article is to address three research questions that are important for understanding selfinjuring behaviors among homeless women: (1) Do homeless women self-injure? (2) If so, do the correlates of self-injuring behavior among homeless women in our self-injuring group differ in type from stressors experienced by homeless women who do not self-injure? (3) Do women who have engaged in self-injuring experience a greater number of significantly stressful events than those who do not? To answer these questions, we draw on data from the 55 in-depth qualitative interviews conducted in Manchester and Liverpool, UK. What our research demonstrates is that self-injury occurs and, in our sample, is linked not only to age and length of homelessness, but also to experiences of childhood trauma. Women in our sample who have engaged in self-injuring behaviors were also found to have experienced three or more significant stressors over their life course

Anger · Developmental psychology · Life course approach · Project commissioning · Psychology of self · Publishing · Qualitative research · Self · Social support · Sociology · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology