Nonsuicidal self-injury in young women
Understanding the Meanings Involved in the Self-Injurious Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4479340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerlany Leal Cronemberger (0000-0001-7783-1054, Universidade de Fortaleza), Raimunda Magalhães Da Silva (0000-0001-5353-7520, Universidade de Fortaleza) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Physis Revista de Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-7331 • E-ISSN: 1809-4481 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0103-7331202333051.en |
| OpenAlex | W4376608761 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Self-injury among young women is a public health problem that is still little known and understood by parents, educators and health professionals. We sought to understand selfinjurious behavior in young women from a perspective of the meaning, actions and interpretation of the experienced situation. This qualitative research used semi-structured interview for data collection from January to March 2020. The data were organized by the MAXQDA software and analyzed based on Symbolic Interactionism. The five interviewees are young people educated by their mothers, with little or no contact with their fathers. They narrated stories of sexual abuse, parental rejection, bullying and low acceptance in the school environment. They established a pessimistic perception of themselves arising from their own interpretations and their social interactions. They saw self-injury as a refuge. They practiced self-injury when they were under unbearable negative feelings. They lived in a cycle of substituting psychological suffering for physical suffering. All admitted having anxious temperaments, low self-esteem and socioemotional disabilities. Self-injury is directly linked to the meanings these young women give to themselves. At schools, the incorporation of knowledge about well-being should be encouraged to train people who are more effective in solving problems
Developmental psychology · Feeling · Pessimism · Poison control · Qualitative research · Sexual abuse · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Symbolic interactionism · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Phenomenological research methods
Self-harm and suicide in adolescents
The associations between non-suicidal self-injury and first onset suicidal thoughts and behaviors
A systematic review of the relationship between internet use, self-harm and suicidal behaviour in young people
Long-term outcomes of childhood sexual abuse
The age of adolescence
Self-harm and ethnicity
Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm
Non-suicidal Self-Injuries and Adolescents High Risk Behaviours
Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1)
Appreciating Complexity in Adolescent Self-Harm Risk Factors
Erica
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |