"Why don't you do it properly?" Young women who self-injure
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Self-injury is only an adaptive alternative to suicide. It is not the same as attempted suicide. Case studies of four self-injuring young women reveal that self-injury is regarded as a way of staying in control and has no direct communicative effect. Self-injury converts the emotional pain into a manageable physical pain as its origin is known and non-problematic. In self-injury, the act of cutting and letting out blood is linked to the release of tension. Clinicians need to help the self-injurer to confront the experiences which cause pain and express emotions attached to them.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1996
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Factors predicting continued violence into young adulthood
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An analysis of criminogenic factors that predict continued violence from adolescence into young adulthood indicates close connections between delinquency and parental child-rearing style. Continued delinquency into adulthood is linked with the perception of less parental support and the perception of deviancy by peers. Adolescents who continue to show delinquent behaviour into adulthood are characterized by prior delinquency and by an upbringing in which their parents were controlling and unaffectionate.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1999
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Young people in transition: the relationship between homesickness and self-disclosure
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Research indicates that levels of homesickness among new university students declined during the first 8 weeks, while self-disclosure levels simultaneously increased. Low self-disclosers experienced a much smaller reduction in homesickness than high self-disclosers, indicating that there is a strong relationship between self-disclosure and homesickness levels. Homesickness is a transient experience for most first year students, with most adapting easily to their new environment.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1998
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