Self-injury in trauma survivors
1. Functions and meanings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9053213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin Connors, Robin E Connors (IS practice, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-206 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/h0080171 |
| PMID | 9173798 |
| OpenAlex | W1989317946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 3 |
Self-injury is increasingly linked to traumatic childhood experiences, and is identified in this paper as a means by which some trauma survivors cope with post-traumatic effects. It is proposed that self-injury serves a number of functions, organized here into four categories: re-enactment of the original trauma, expression of feelings and needs, reorganization of the self, and management of dissociative process
Developmental psychology · Dissociative · Dissociative disorders · Expression (computer science) · Feeling · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychotherapist · Self · Traumatic injury · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Surgery
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |