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Wester, Kelly L.; Trepal, Heather C. – Journal of College Counseling, 2010
Nonsuicidal self-injury is an important concern that has received limited attention. In this study, the authors explored several factors differentiating three student groups: never self injured, self-injured in the past, and currently self-injure. Among the factors investigated, results showed that currently self-injuring students were younger,…
Descriptors: Coping, Effect Size, Self Destructive Behavior, Age Differences
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Maloney, Elizabeth; Degenhardt, Louisa; Darke, Shane; Nelson, Elliot C. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
The prevalence and risk factors associated with self-mutilation among opioid dependent cases and controls were determined, and the co-occurrence of self-mutilation and attempted suicide was examined. The prevalence of self-mutilation among cases and controls did not differ significantly (25% vs. 23%, respectively), with gender differences…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Sexual Abuse, Incidence, Suicide
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Hoffman, Rachel; Hinkle, Michelle Gimenez; Kress, Victoria White – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2010
Family therapy can be an important component of a comprehensive treatment plan when counseling adolescents who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury. The authors provide a rationale for the use of letter writing as a therapeutic intervention when counseling families in which an adolescent engages in nonsuicidal self-injury. Descriptions of types of…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Letters (Correspondence), Intervention, Injuries
Young, Jonathan; Ne'eman, Ari; Gelser, Sara – National Council on Disability, 2012
Like bullying in general, bullying of students with disabilities represents both a civil rights and public health challenge. Amongst the possible effects of bullying the U.S. Department of Education (DOE, 2010) includes lowered academic achievement and aspirations, increased anxiety, loss of self-esteem and confidence, depression and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Bullying, Prevention, Physical Health
Parlett, Deborah K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Student motivation is a key factor in determining whether college students are successful in their academic careers and, ultimately their professional careers. Motivation is an internal drive within a person to move to action to complete a task. Student motivation encompasses self-regulation, determination, and efficacy. It is important for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Curriculum Development, Nursing Students
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Swannell, Sarah; Martin, Graham; Page, Andrew; Hasking, Penelope; Hazell, Philip; Taylor, Anne; Protani, Melinda – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objective: Although child maltreatment is associated with later non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the mechanism through which it might lead to NSSI is not well understood. The current retrospective case-control study examined associations between child maltreatment and later NSSI, and investigated the mediating roles of dissociation, alexithymia,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Injuries, Cognitive Restructuring
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Hannen, Elaine; Woods, Kevin – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2012
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence identifies educational psychologists as appropriate specialists to deliver interventions to promote the emotional well-being of children and families. A role for practitioner educational psychologists in providing specific therapeutic interventions has also been proposed by commentators. The present…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
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Harvey, Kevin; Brown, Brian – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2012
This study explores adolescents' accounts of self-harm with a view to elucidate the implications for health care practitioners seeking to administer care to teenagers in English. Drawing on a corpus of 1.6 million words from messages posted on a UK-hosted adolescent health Web site, analysis began by identifying a range of keywords relating to…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Adolescents, Health Personnel, Foreign Countries
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Wyatt, Tammy; Oswalt, Sara B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2013
Background: Stress and other mental health issues can negatively impact the health and academic performance of college students. Purpose: Examine relationships among stress, mental health, and academic classification in a national sample of college students. Methods: Analyses utilized secondary data from 27 387 college students responding to the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Mental Health, Comparative Analysis
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Dilworth, Jennifer A.; Phillips, Neil; Rose, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Previous research has suggested that severity of intellectual disability (ID) and topography of behaviour may influence staff causal attributions regarding challenging behaviour. Subsequently, these causal attributions may influence helping behaviours. This study investigated the relationship between attributions of control over…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mental Retardation, Social Environment, Severity (of Disability)
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Drysdale, Emma E.; Jahoda, Andrew; Campbell, Elizabeth – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Mothers' attributions of self injurious behaviour (SIB) in their children with intellectual disability have been largely ignored. However, attributions may predict maternal well-being and engagement in treatment. Thirteen mothers of people who self-injured were recruited. A qualitative design was employed, the data being subjected to thematic…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Well Being
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Prinstein, Mitchell J.; Heilbron, Nicole; Guerry, John D.; Franklin, Joseph C.; Rancourt, Diana; Simon, Valerie; Spirito, Anthony – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
Research suggests that adolescents' engagement in nonsuicidal self-injurious (NSSI) behaviors may be increasing over time, yet little is known regarding distal longitudinal factors that may promote engagement in these behaviors. Data from two longitudinal studies are presented to examine whether NSSI may be associated with peer influence…
Descriptors: Socialization, Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies
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Guerry, John D.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
Virtually no longitudinal research has examined psychological characteristics or events that may lead to adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). This study tested a cognitive vulnerability-stress model as a predictor of NSSI trajectories. Clinically-referred adolescents (n = 143; 72% girls) completed measures of NSSI, depression, attributional…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Injuries, Depression (Psychology), Self Destructive Behavior
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Toste, Jessica R.; Heath, Nancy L. – Prevention Researcher, 2010
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a growing concern among professionals working with youth. Recent studies exploring the occurrence of NSSI in middle and high schools indicate that 15% to 20% of students will admit to having engaged in this behavior at least once. The alarming number of adolescents engaging in NSSI poses a challenge to all…
Descriptors: Injuries, Participative Decision Making, Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents
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Hall, Brian; Elliott, Joe; Place, Maurice – Pastoral Care in Education, 2010
This project explored the prevalence of self-harm by cutting in a geographically circumscribed area of the North of England, using a school-based survey. Twenty-three per cent of the young people reported they had cut themselves at least once, with no major changes evident at different age groups or with gender. There were clear differences in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Self Destructive Behavior
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