Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study centered on adolescent self-mutilation as well as possible forms of support and \nprevention. The information was gathered by assessing the needs of the adolescent girls who \nself-mutilate by means of semi-structured interviews. In these interviews the adolescent girls \nexpressed their experiences of self-mutilation and their emotional needs. The aim of the study \nwas to explore and describe the needs of adolescent girls who self-mutilate in order to develop \nguidelines of support so that parents may feel less helpless and overwhelmed. The findings of \nthe study indicated that there are various reasons why an adolescent would engage in selfmutilation, \nthat it serves a function in the adolescents’ lives and surfaces at times of emotional \ncrisis. This study found further that a lack of problem-solving skills, coping abilities and \nsocial skills could play a role in whether an adolescent chooses to self-mutilate.
Author: Veronica Lee Robertson
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W582830237