Social representations about the functions of deliberate self‐harm: Adolescents and parents

Journal of Adolescence - Tập 73 - Trang 113-121 - 2019
Eva Duarte1, Maria Gouveia-Pereira1, Hugo S. Gomes2, Daniel Sampaio3
1CIE-ISPA, ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Portugal
2CIPsi - Psychology Research Center, Victims, Offenders and Justice System Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
3Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal

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ABSTRACTIntroductionThe understanding of the social representations about the functions of deliberate self‐harm can be an important factor for the comprehension of this phenomenon. Nonetheless, only a few studies focused on this topic and specifically on the social representations from adolescents with and without a history of deliberate self‐harm and their parents.MethodsThis article presents two studies that analysed these representations. Study 1 compared the social representations from 411 Portuguese adolescents (219 females and 192 males, aged 12–19 years), from which 109 reported having a history of deliberate self‐harm. Study 2 focused on the comparison of the social representations from 471 parents (265 mothers and 206 fathers, aged 33–62 years) of Portuguese adolescents. Of the parents in Study 2, 120 had children with a history of deliberate self‐harm.ResultsIn Study 1, adolescents without a history of deliberate self‐harm perceived most interpersonal functions as more relevant than adolescents with a history of these behaviours, while adolescents with a history of deliberate self‐harm emphasized one intrapersonal function. In Study 2, no differences were found between parents of adolescents with and without a history of deliberate self‐harm. However, results revealed differences between the representations of mothers and fathers in several intrapersonal functions.ConclusionsThis research provides important insight regarding the social representations about the functions of deliberate self‐harm from adolescents with and without a reported history of these behaviours and their parents. The impact for clinical intervention and prevention programs is discussed.

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Journal of Adolescence

Tập 73

113-121

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