This study elucidates the feelings and the experiences by working with the complex of problems of self-injurious behaviour, of six professionals. The purpose with this study has been to examine the feelings and the experiences of the professionals, coming up when they meet and treat young girls with self-injurious behaviour. The empirical basis of this study is built on interviews of six female professionals, working in the County of Kalmar. The statements of the informants were analyzed out of Goffman’s Role Theory and the norm perspective on social behaviour. Through the interviews we saw that the professionals act out of the rolls that they are expected to. There are expectations from the colleagues, from the clients and from the community that every professional handles in an individual manner. The way they handle the problematic situations varies between persons and depends on the character of the circumstances. The result shows that the work of the professionals arouses many feelings. It varies what kind of feelings they experiences but they do feel fear, powerlessness, sadness, happiness and most of all frustration. They handle their feelings through tutorial, support from the co-workers and through reflection.

<p>This study elucidates the feelings and the experiences by working with the complex of problems of self-injurious behaviour, of six professionals. The purpose with this study has been to examine the feelings and the experiences of the professionals, coming up when they meet and treat young girls with self-injurious behaviour. The empirical basis of this study is built on interviews of six female professionals, working in the County of Kalmar. The statements of the informants were analyzed out of Goffman’s Role Theory and the norm perspective on social behaviour. Through the interviews we saw that the professionals act out of the rolls that they are expected to. There are expectations from the colleagues, from the clients and from the community that every professional handles in an individual manner. The way they handle the problematic situations varies between persons and depends on the character of the circumstances. The result shows that the work of the professionals arouses many feelings. It varies what kind of feelings they experiences but they do feel fear, powerlessness, sadness, happiness and most of all frustration. They handle their feelings through tutorial, support from the co-workers and through reflection.</p>

Outcomes of experimental analyses during which protective equipment (PE) was placed on three participants were compared to those during which PE was not provided to them. Experimental analysis conditions were presented using a multielement format, and the effects of PE were evaluated using a withdrawal design. Results of experimental analysis without PE suggested that self-injurious behavior (SIB) was maintained by negative reinforcement for two participants and nonsocial mechanisms for the third participant. However, SIB was eliminated either immediately or eventually for all participants when PE was provided during experimental analysis. Thus, outcomes of assessments with PE did not match those without PE, and no conclusion about variables associated with SIB could be drawn from experimental analyses with PE alone. Therefore, the present findings do not support the use of PE as an alternative to standard methods for conducting experimental analysis (i.e., without PE).

You, Jianing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-79). / Abstract also in Chinese. / List of Tables --- p.vi / List of Figures --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Method --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Results --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion --- p.56 / References --- p.65

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

<p>Självskadebeteende har uppmärksammats allt mer i samhällsdebatten under senare tid. Sjuksköterskan möter ofta patienter med ett självskadebeteende. Syftet med studien var att beskriva sjuksköterskans attityder till patienter med självskadebeteende. Metoden var en litteraturstudie och datamaterialet bestod av nio vetenskapliga artiklar, publicerade mellan åren 2000-2007. Det analyserade materialet bildade tre teman som visade sjuskköterskors attityder till patienter med ett självskadebeteende: Ej rätt till vård, Erbjuder vård utan hopp om förändrat beteende och Rätt till vård.</p><p>Det framkom att känslor som vrede, rädsla, misslyckande och hopplöshet var kopplade till attityderna till patienter med självskadebeteende. Faktorer som kan påverka sjuksköterskans attityd till självskadebeteende kan inte enkelt beskrivas som negativa eller positiva enligt denna litteraturstudie. Fortsatta studier kan inriktas på att beskriva om attityderna förbättras eller inte och vilka faktorer som påverkar attityderna.</p>

Självskadebeteende har uppmärksammats allt mer i samhällsdebatten under senare tid. Sjuksköterskan möter ofta patienter med ett självskadebeteende. Syftet med studien var att beskriva sjuksköterskans attityder till patienter med självskadebeteende. Metoden var en litteraturstudie och datamaterialet bestod av nio vetenskapliga artiklar, publicerade mellan åren 2000-2007. Det analyserade materialet bildade tre teman som visade sjuskköterskors attityder till patienter med ett självskadebeteende: Ej rätt till vård, Erbjuder vård utan hopp om förändrat beteende och Rätt till vård. Det framkom att känslor som vrede, rädsla, misslyckande och hopplöshet var kopplade till attityderna till patienter med självskadebeteende. Faktorer som kan påverka sjuksköterskans attityd till självskadebeteende kan inte enkelt beskrivas som negativa eller positiva enligt denna litteraturstudie. Fortsatta studier kan inriktas på att beskriva om attityderna förbättras eller inte och vilka faktorer som påverkar attityderna.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-119).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Boston University, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-132).

Self-harm is a behaviour constructed as ostracised and abhorrent in most social discourses. While there is an abundance of available research about self-harm, a distinctive gap in the literature concerns how an individual begins to self-harm. Research has indicated that having a friend or family member who self-harms is the strongest predictor of future self-harm, yet no published studies have sought to explain this in detail. This thesis explored how self-harming participants construct their first self-harming experience – a behaviour which appears prima facie to be outside of socially accepted conventions, and suggests that this behaviour may become normalised through knowing other self-harmers. It was found that both participants had a self-harming friend prior to the onset of their self-harming behaviour, and that both participants confided in someone who subsequently began to self-harm. Participants positioned these two categories of individuals in different ways. Participants relied on a ‘victim’ discourse to establish their self-harm as meaningful in a way which limited any blame or stigma attributable to them, but which subsequently limited their agency in their narratives. The discourse of attention-seeking heavily influenced participants’ narratives, and was acknowledged as the dominant discourse self-harmers must contend with in presenting their behaviour as meaningful and rational. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.