Explaining Self-Harm: Youth Cybertalk and Marginalized Sexualities and Genders

Autor/inn/en	McDermott, Elizabeth; Roen, Katrina; Piela, Anna
Titel	Explaining Self-Harm: Youth Cybertalk and Marginalized Sexualities and Genders
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 47 (2015) 6, S.873-889 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X13489142
Schlagwörter	Self Destructive Behavior; Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation; Gender Differences; Computer Mediated Communication; Emotional Response; Stress Variables; Youth; Correlation; Social Bias; Self Concept; Coping; Qualitative Research; Social Networks; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Social Media + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Computerkonferenz; Emotionales Verhalten; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Korrelation; Selbstkonzept; Bewältigung; Qualitative Forschung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Soziale Medien
Abstract	This study investigates self-harm among young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) people. Using qualitative virtual methods, we examined online forums to explore young LGBT people's cybertalk about emotional distress and self-harming. We investigated how youth explained the relationship between self-harm and sexuality and gender. We found that LGBT youth may articulate contradictory, ambiguous, and multiple accounts of the relationship but there were three strong explanations: (a) self-harm was because of homophobia and transphobia; (b) self-harm was due to self-hatred, fear, and shame; (c) self-harm was emphatically not related to sexuality or gender. There was evidence of youth negotiating LGBT identities, managing homophobia, resisting pathologization, and explaining self-harm as a way of coping. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01