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Adolescents choosing self-harm as an emotion regulation strategy: the protective role of trait emotional intelligence
- Authors:
- MIKOLAJCZAK Moira, PETRIDES K.V., HURRY Jane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(2), June 2009, pp.181-193.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present study seeks to extend the understanding of the role of dispositional factors in the aetiology of self-harm among adolescents. It was hypothesized that higher trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) would be associated with a lower likelihood to harm oneself, and that this relationship would be mediated by the choice of coping strategies. Trait EI, coping styles and self-harm behaviours were assessed in 490 adolescents recruited from eight British schools. The results supported our hypothesis and showed that the relationship between trait EI and self-harm was partly mediated by the choice of coping strategies. Emotional coping was a particularly powerful mediator, suggesting that self-harm may be a way to decrease the negative emotions that are exacerbated by maladaptive emotional coping strategies, such as rumination, self-blame, and helplessness. Trait EI was correlated positively with adaptive coping styles and negatively with maladaptive coping styles, and depression. These findings emphasize the potential value of incorporating coping coaching programmes in the treatment of self-harm patients.
Little girl lost
- Author:
- PAHLSON-MOLLER Lovisa
- Publisher:
- Chipmunkapublishing
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- Brentwood
Little Girl Lost is an account of a young woman's successful battle with self-harm and borderline personality disorder. Lovisa first self-harmed at the age of six and survived boot camp before becoming part of the psychiatric system. Little Girl Lost combines an intelligent creative mix of diary writing with powerful poems taking the reader through a roller coaster of emotions. She gives us some
Visible memories: a film about self injury
- Authors:
- HOLE Ben, (Director), MIND IN CROYDON, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- (27 mins), DVD
- Place of publication:
- Purley
... of self-harm, the film argues that such behaviour is a valid coping mechanism for dealing with internal emotional distress, and that consequently, the challenge for those who do not self-injure is to come to terms with their own feelings in relating to those who do.
Developing empathy: a case study exploring transference and countertransference with adolescent females who self-injure
- Author:
- NORTON Christine Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 25(1), March 2011, pp.95-107.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In younger people, self-injury, or a volitional act to harm one’s body, is both common and increasing. This is especially true in young females. In order to address this practice, self-injury among female adolescents has become an important clinical issue in social work. Anxiety has long been described as one of the primary reasons that self-injury occurs in this population. This paper explores the role of empathy in mitigating anxiety and helping with emotional regulation and highlights the need to empathically monitor the self-systems of female clients who self-injure. This paper considers issues of gender and family structure within this population and explores transference and countertransference as important processes that can help to develop empathy in the therapeutic relationship. From the authors own experience, a case study of ‘Maive’ is presented to highlight these important processes. In ending, the implications for social work practice are discussed.
Brief report: emotion regulation and coping as moderators in the relationship between personality and self-injury
- Authors:
- HASKING Penelope A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 33(5), October 2010, pp.767-773.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Most knowledge regarding non-suicidal self-harm is based on adult or hospitalised samples. Self-harm without conscious suicidal intent is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon particularly among adolescent populations. This pilot study examined the extent and correlates of self-harmful behaviour in an Australian school population sample of 393 adolescents, aged 13 to 18 years, using a self-report questionnaire. Specifically, the study aimed to determine whether personality was related to self-harm and whether this relationship was moderated by emotion regulation or coping strategies. Findings revealed that few personality and coping variables were directly related to self-harm after controlling for age and psychopathology. However the relationship between personality and self-harm was moderated by coping skills and emotion regulation. In conclusion, the author suggest future research examine these relationships in order to determine the role of coping skills and emotional regulation training in preventing self-harm.
A sequence analysis of patterns in self-harm in young people with and without experience of being looked after in care
- Authors:
- WADMAN Ruth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56(4), 2017, pp.388-407.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: Young people in the public care system (‘looked-after’ young people) have high levels of self-harm. Design: This paper reports the first detailed study of factors leading to self-harm over time in looked-after young people in England, using sequence analyses of the Card Sort Task for Self-harm (CaTS). Methods: Young people in care (looked-after group: n = 24; 14–21 years) and young people who had never been in care (contrast group: n = 21; 13–21 years) completed the CaTS, describing sequences of factors leading to their first and most recent episodes of self-harm. Lag sequential analysis determined patterns of significant transitions between factors (thoughts, feelings, behaviours, events) leading to self-harm across 6 months. Results: Young people in care reported feeling better immediately following their first episode of self-harm. However, fearlessness of death, impulsivity, and access to means were reported most proximal to recent self-harm. Although difficult negative emotions were salient to self-harm sequences in both groups, young people with no experience of being in care reported a greater range of negative emotions and transitions between them. For the contrast group, feelings of depression and sadness were a significant starting point of the self-harm sequence 6 months prior to most recent self-harm. Conclusions: Sequences of factors leading to self-harm can change and evolve over time, so regular monitoring and assessment of each self-harm episode are needed. Support around easing and dealing with emotional distress is required. Restricting access to means to carry out potentially fatal self-harm attempts, particularly for the young persons with experience of being in care, is recommended. Practitioner points: 1) Self-harm (and factors associated with self-harm) can change and evolve over time; assessments need to reflect this; 2) Looked-after young people reported feeling better after first self-harm; fearlessness of death, access to means, and impulsivity were reported as key in recent self-harm; 3) Underlying emotional distress, particularly depression and self-hatred were important in both first and most recent self-harm; 4) Looked-after young people should undergo regular monitoring and assessment of each self-harm episode and access to potentially fatal means should be restricted. The CaTS would have clinical utility as an assessment tool; 5) (Publisher abstract)
Emotion talk in the context of young people self-harming: facing the feelings in family therapy
- Authors:
- ROGERS Alice, SCHMIDT Petra
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 38(2), 2016, p.206–225.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes the use of emotion talk in the context of using a manualised approach to family therapy where the presenting problem is self-harm. Whilst the authors understand that there is an internal aspect to emotion, they also consider emotions to be socially purposeful, culturally constructed and interactional. The authors found that within the presenting families, negative emotions (Edited publisher abstract)
Still vulnerable: the impact of early childhood experiences on adolescent suicide and accidental death
- Authors:
- DEVANEY John, et al
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 98p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Adolescence is a challenging for many young people. It is a time when new opportunities present that allow the development of new relationships, new skills and a growing sense of independence and self. However, it can also be a time of challenge as individuals need to negotiate more complex and differentiated social and family relationships, issues of values and attitudes come to the fore, and questions about identity and the future become more apparent. On the whole research has concluded that most adolescents navigate this stage of life with few difficulties, but a minority do find this stage of life challenging, and their ways of coping may have negative consequences for both themselves and others. This report examines many of the difficulties face adolescents. It covers: child maltreatment, suicide and children’s rights; multiple adversities in childhood; adolescent suicide and accidental death; the case management review process; and suicide and reviews into child deaths.
Prisoners' motives for self-injury and attempted suicide
- Author:
- SNOW Louisa
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 4(4), November 2002, pp.18-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports findings from a study of the social, situational, and environmental factors that contribute to suicide and self injury in prison, focusing on prisoners' motivations for their actions. Interviews were conducted with 143 prisoners in ten prisons in England and Wales who had engaged in an act of self-injury or an attempt at suicide. Motivational factors more prevalent among participants who attempted suicide included relationship problems, concerns about forthcoming court appearances and factors relating to drug withdrawal. Those who attempted suicide were more likely to describe concrete events or experiences as motivational factors. Those who injured themselves were more likely to describe negative feelings or emotions as precipitating factors. The results support to the suggestion that different strategies be developed for those who attempt suicide and those who injure themselves for other reasons.
Self-harm and the social work relationship
- Author:
- FROST Miranda
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Research study which aims to confer a clearer understanding of the processes involved in self-harm, and how they are informed by experience; and to assess the possibility of change as it can be potentially facilitated by the response of social work.