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Haberstroh, Shane; Moyer, Michael – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2012
In this qualitative study, the authors explored an online support group for individuals who self-injure. Twenty members of a private and moderated online group responded to questions about their history of self-injury and experiences with the online self-injury support group. Themes emerged related to the relational and emotional aspects of…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Injuries, Group Dynamics, Self Destructive Behavior
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Wolff, Jason J.; Clary, Jamie; Harper, Vickie N.; Bodfish, James W.; Symons, Frank J. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Patterns of caregiver responses to client adaptive behavior were compared between adults with intellectual disabilities with and without self-injurious behavior. Participants with moderate to profound intellectual disability and self-injury (n = 89) and age/IQ matched control participants (n = 20) were selected from a large sample of adults living…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Caregivers, Mental Retardation, Adults
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Crowell, Sheila E.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; McCauley, Elizabeth; Smith, Cindy J.; Vasilev, Christina A.; Stevens, Adrianne L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Self-inflicted injury in adolescence indicates significant emotional and psychological suffering. Although data on the etiology of self-injury are limited, current theories suggest that the emotional lability observed among self-injuring adolescents results from complex interactions between individual biological vulnerabilities and environmental…
Descriptors: Mothers, Correlation, Affective Behavior, Negative Attitudes