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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Self-Injurious Behaviors"”.
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Understanding Self-Injurious Behaviors: Treatment and Implications for School Counselors
… the implications of dealing with students who self-harm and how school counselors can effectively cope with this ever prominent issue among adolescents. The current study examined the trend of school counselors who have adopted a school or district-wide policy which dictates whether parent …
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Study of self-injurious behaviors and the intervention with visual supports
… visual supports for individuals who suffer from Self-Injurious Behaviors (SIB) stemming from developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It has been determined that there are many causes of SIB in individuals with ASD, and while some theories are no more than untested …
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Predictors of Self-Injurious Behaviors: A Person by Situation Analysis of Health-Compromising Behavior
… identity threat, and gender role orientation on self-injurious behavior. Gender role orientation was measured using the Bem Sex-Role Inventory during a mass screening and during the laboratory session participants either received a masculine threat or no threat. Men engaged in more self-injurious …
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A Qualitative Analysis of the Etiology, Manifestation, and Institutional Responses to Self-Injurious Behaviors in Prison
<p>Although self-injurious behavior among prisoners is both a significant drain on state and federal funds and a major health risk among inmates, it has gone largely unexamined in a correctional setting, in favor of inter-inmate violence and other phenomena. Additionally, few correctional …
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Testing alternative motivational models for self-injurious behavior
Emotion-related motivations for self-injurious behavior were examined in a sample of 115 women, 26 of whom reported a history of self-injury. Specifically, two popular motivational models were tested, 1) the Affect Regulation Model, which asserts that self-injurious behavior is used to …
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Self-Injury Knowledge and Peer Perceptions among Members of Internet Self-Injury Groups
Members of 26 MySpace social groups for self-injury (SI) provided data for this study investigating knowledge of SI, friends’ perceptions of SI, and the impact of online activity on SI. This study proposes that people who have belonged to these online SI groups for longer periods have higher levels …
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College Students Who Self-Injure: A Study of Knowledge and Perceptions of Self-Injury
… utilized for the present study which examined self-injurious behaviors in a college population. College students, who engage in non-suicidal self-injury, or NSSI, were expected to evidence a higher knowledge base for the behavior than those who do not. The demographic variables of gender and …
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Family Member Experiences With Augmentative And Alternative Communication Systems Used By Nonspeaking Autistic Individuals
… member. They also shared major improvements in self-injurious behaviors. The third theme was that learning and implementing AAC was laborious but beneficial for the communication partner. They all described the commitment it took and that it was worth every minute. Each participant talked about …
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Suicide Research: Addressing the Motivational Differences in Self-Injury
… does not consistently differentiate between self-injuring patients who wanted to die from their injury and those who wanted to live, when defining a “suicidal act” (Silverman, Berman, Sanddal, O'Carroll P, & Joiner, 2007a). This lack of standard categorization creates significant barriers to …
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HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY OF RAI1 AND ITS EFFECT ON BDNF EXPRESSION
… and includes minor craniofacial anomalies, self-injurious behaviors as well as sleep disturbances, speech delays, and obesity [1,2,3]. The incidence of SMS is estimated to be ~ 1:15,000 - 25,000 births [2,6]. Among SMS patients, ~90% are comprised of 17p11.2 deletions, while ~10% have RAI1 …
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Philip Morris Faces "the truth": A Rhetorical Analysis of the Persuasiveness of Two Teen-Targeted Anti-Smoking Advertising Campaigns
… impact of media the glorifies smoking and other self-injurious behaviors; infrequent appearance of pro-social media appeals; insidious coercive tactics of the tobacco industry; possible limitations in determining the effectiveness of pro-social media appeals due to adolescent self-perception (or …
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Knowledge of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Populations That Self-Injure
… which examined knowledge about non-suicidal self-injury, or NSSI, in individuals who engage in various degrees of the behavior and those who do not self-injure. Knowledge about NSSI was measured in three groups of respondents: those with no history of self-injurious behavior (no NSSI group), …
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Not Just Another Paper Cut: An Exploratory Analysis of the Silent Epidemic Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and Efforts to Control Self-Injury Among School-Based Adolescents
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a behavioral health problem within the broader risk category of self-directed violence and closely associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) (American Psychiatric, 2012). There are several types of NSSI behaviors such as cutting; which are used as a …