Correlates of disclosure of non-suicidal self-injury amongst Australian university students

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvanna Mirichlis ◽  
Penelope Hasking ◽  
Stephen P. Lewis ◽  
Mark E. Boyes
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Perceived Impact

Purpose Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with psychological disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviours; disclosure of NSSI can serve as a catalyst for help-seeking and self-advocacy amongst people who have self-injured. This study aims to identify the socio-demographic, NSSI-related, socio-cognitive and socio-emotional correlates of NSSI disclosure. Given elevated rates of NSSI amongst university students, this study aimed to investigate these factors amongst this population. Design/methodology/approach Australian university students (n = 573) completed online surveys; 80.2% had previously disclosed self-injury. Findings NSSI disclosure was associated with having a mental illness diagnosis, intrapersonal NSSI functions, specifically marking distress and anti-dissociation, having physical scars from NSSI, greater perceived impact of NSSI, less expectation that NSSI would result in communication and greater social support from friends and significant others. Originality/value Expanding on previous works in the area, this study incorporated cognitions about NSSI. The ways in which individuals think about the noticeability and impact of their NSSI, and the potential to gain support, are associated with the decision to disclose self-injury. Addressing the way individuals with lived experience consolidate these considerations could facilitate their agency in whether to disclose their NSSI and highlight considerations for health-care professionals working with clients who have lived experience of NSSI.

When language is maladaptive: recommendations for discussing self-injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope Hasking ◽  
Stephen P. Lewis ◽  
Mark E. Boyes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
History Of

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to call on researchers and clinicians to carefully consider the terminology used when discussing non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and specifically the use of the term “maladaptive” coping. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on literature regarding stigma, language and self-injury to support the argument that the term maladaptive is inappropriate to describe self-injury. Findings Use of the term maladaptive conflates short-term effectiveness with long-term outcomes and ignores context in which the behaviour occurs. Social implications Use of the term maladaptive to describe self-injury can invalidate the person with a history of NSSI, impacting stigma and potentially help-seeking. An alternate framing focussed on specific coping strategies is offered. Originality/value Language is a powerful medium of communication that has significant influence in how society shapes ideas around mental health. In proposing a change in the way the authors’ talk about self-injury there is potential to significantly improve the wellbeing of people with lived experience of self-injury.

The impact of ambivalence on recovery from non-suicidal self-injury: considerations for health professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Gray ◽  
Penelope Hasking ◽  
Mark E. Boyes
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a growing public health concern. Continued NSSI is often associated with negative outcomes, yet the behaviour usually serves a purpose for individuals who self-injure (e.g. emotional relief). As such, individuals who self-injure often experience ambivalence about the behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of recognising ambivalence as a natural and expected part of the recovery process. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on literature regarding NSSI recovery, ambivalence towards stopping the behaviour and challenges for both clients and health professionals. Findings This paper argues that ambivalence towards self-injury can be challenging for both clients and health professionals. Clients may feel shame and sense of failure if they experience a setback; health professionals may experience frustration towards clients who continue to self-injure despite treatment. Originality/value Validation of the clients’ experience can have significant positive outcomes in treatment and help-seeking behaviours. Acknowledgement of client ambivalence during the recovery process will serve to validate clients’ experience and facilitate rapport. Health professionals who accept ambivalence as a natural part of the recovery process may experience less frustration with clients who continue to self-injure.

The effects of social media usage on loneliness and well-being: analysing friendship connections of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoyu Ye ◽  
Kevin K.W. Ho ◽  
Andre Zerbe
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Access Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Purpose This study aims to clarify the effects of different patterns of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram usage on user loneliness and well-being in Japan. Design/methodology/approach Based on responses to a self-report questionnaire in Japan, 155 university students were separated into 4 groups: users of Twitter only, users of Twitter and Facebook, users of Twitter and Instagram and users of all three social media. The effects of social media usage on loneliness and well-being for each group were analysed. Findings No social media usage effects on loneliness or well-being were detected for those who used only Twitter or both Twitter and Instagram. For those using both Twitter and Facebook, loneliness was reduced when users accessed Twitter and Facebook more frequently but was increased when they posted more tweets. Users of all three social media were lonelier and had lower levels of well-being when they accessed Facebook via PC longer; whereas their their access time of Facebook via smartphones helped them decrease loneliness and improve their levels of well-being. Originality/value The findings reported here provide possible explanations for the conflicting results reported in previous research by exploring why users choose different social media platforms to communicate with different groups of friends or acquaintances and different usage patterns that affect their loneliness and well-being.

Academic use of smartphones by university students: a developing country perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Emran Hossain ◽  
S.M. Zabed Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Academic Variables ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Characteristics ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Parametric Analyses ◽  
First Time

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the use of smartphones for academic purposes by students at Dhaka University, the top-ranked university in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Students currently using smartphones answered a questionnaire survey, which focused on whether or not students used smartphones for academic works and, if so, for what purposes they used them and their opinion on the advantages of using smartphones for academic purposes. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze demographic and academic characteristics of the students in relation to their smartphone usage. Non-parametric analyses were performed using Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests to compare between students’ demographic and academic variables and their opinion on the advantages of academic use of smartphones. Findings The findings indicate that a vast majority of university students used smartphones for academic purposes. They, on average and across the board, had a positive perception toward academic use of smartphones. Although there were some differences in terms of gender, age, place of origin and duration of smartphone use, these differences were largely due to fact that a smartphone is a relatively new addition to the life of most students who participated in this study. Originality/value Research investigating the academic use of smartphones in the perspective of developing countries is virtually non-existent. This is the first time an effort has been made to examine the use of smartphones by a large sample of university students in Bangladesh.

Chronicles of one woman’s journey towards well-being: response-ability

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-220
Author(s):  
Jo Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Journey

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share the experiences and reflections of one woman’s journey towards well-being. Design/methodology/approach A narrative approach has been taken to structure reflections based on a lived experience. Findings Reflections are offered based on a personal journey towards well-being. Originality/value This paper adds to the accounts of the lived experience of the journey towards well-being, and as such, contributes to the understanding of the process of rebuilding a life.

scholarly journals When two worlds collide: critical reflection on co-production

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Clayson ◽  
Lucy Webb ◽  
Nigel Cox
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Research Relationship ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Production Research ◽  
Productive Research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from reflexive data collection on the evolving co-production research relationship between the two “worlds” of community and academia: people with lived experience and their community intermediaries and academic researchers. It reports analysis of reflections on experience as the different partners explore and evaluate their own experiences of co-productive research within the context of substance use recovery co-production research. Design/methodology/approach The research uses reflexive data from perspectives of an intermediary community partner, academic partners, and community researchers on experiences of a series of co-productive research projects. The aim is to identify thematic features of the co-productive experiences from different positions and through the process of adaptation to a co-productive relationship. Findings This paper outlines what has been learnt from the experience of co-production and what has “worked” for community and academic partners; around the nature of co-production, barriers to performance, and its value to participants and the wider recovery research agenda. Originality/value This paper reports a unique perspective on a developing methodology in health and social care, contributing to a growing body of knowledge pertaining to experiences of co-production research.

scholarly journals Children with learning disabilities and their participation in judicial procedures – what can disability advocacy offer?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gábor Petri
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Judicial Procedures ◽  
Article 5

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the paper titled “The Zone of Parental Control, The ‘Gilded Cage’ and The Deprivation of a Child’s Liberty: Getting Around Article 5”. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the original article as a jumping off point to assess what aids advocacy organisations and human rights instruments can give to children with learning disabilities who enter legal procedures. Findings Existing human rights laws such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provide innovative principles to reviewing existing policies, but little practical guidance is given to real implementation. Disability advocacy is ambiguous towards the question of representation of children with learning disabilities. Originality/value Literature on self-advocacy and especially on the self-advocacy and self-representation of children with learning disabilities is very limited. Access to justice for children with learning disabilities is similarly under-researched and is rarely addressed in disability advocacy.

Is there a place for gender questions in studies on entrepreneurship, or for entrepreneurship questions in gender studies?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Carin Holmquist ◽  
Elisabeth Sundin
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
Paper Format

Purpose This paper aims to add to the diversity of gender and entrepreneurship studies by presenting the (lived experience) perspective on the development of research on women as entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach An essay built on personal reflections on the development of the field since the 1980s. Findings Research on entrepreneurship has shifted toward quantitative studies and the paper format, leading to fragmented research. Research on gender shows another trend, where empirical data have become less central – “women” as individuals are to a large extent not discussed. The authors conclude that the field of gender and entrepreneurship, therefore, is a fruitful arena to perform research in as long as the physical women are not neglected. Originality/value Building on the lived experience for almost 40 years as researchers of women as entrepreneurs, the perspective contributes to the understanding of the development of the field.

scholarly journals Risk and responding to self injury: is harm minimisation a step too far?

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Patrick Joseph Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Harm Minimisation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
The Law

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider some of the legal implications of adopting a harm minimisation approach in supporting people who self-injure within inpatient mental health units. It is argued that a focus on risk and the increasing influence of the law and legal styles of thinking often associated with the allocation of blame have produced a more risk adverse clinical environment. As a result health professionals are more likely to err on the side of caution rather than engage in practices that although potentially therapeutic are not without their risks. Design/methodology/approach The analysis draws on the clinical, philosophical and legal literature to help understand how harm minimisation may support people who self-injure. It considers some of the complex medico-legal issues that arise in a clinical environment dominated by risk. Findings A focus on risk and accountability has produced an environment where the law and legal styles of thinking have come to influence practice. This is often associated with blame in the minds of the health professional. Given the legal obligation to prevent suicide, health professionals may take a conservative approach when working with people who self-injure. This makes the adoption of harm minimisation difficult. Originality/value This paper provides a legally informed analysis of some of the challenges associated with using harm minimisation techniques with people who self-injure. It adds to the literature regarding this area of clinical practice.

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