I Just Pulled Myself Together and Realised I Had to Be Responsible: Adolescents' Experiences of Having a Friend Who Self-Harms

Autor/inn/en	Hall, Sarah; Melia, Yvonne
Titel	I Just Pulled Myself Together and Realised I Had to Be Responsible: Adolescents' Experiences of Having a Friend Who Self-Harms
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 51 (2022) 2, S.291-311 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hall, Sarah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-021-09629-x
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Experience; Friendship; Self Destructive Behavior; Adolescent Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Well Being; Females; Foreign Countries; Help Seeking; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Erfahrung; Freundschaft; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Peer-Beziehungen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten
Abstract	Background: Self-harm usually begins during adolescence and adolescents that self-harm most commonly confide in friends, yet to date, there is little research from the friend's perspective. Objective: This qualitative study explores adolescents' experiences of what it is like to have a friend who self-harms by cutting and what this experience means for friendship, the wider peer group and psychological well-being. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted face-to-face with a community sample of eight females aged between 13 and 18 years, living in England. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Four superordinate themes emerged: desperately searching for meaning, I will be there at all costs, too hot to handle and identification. Adolescents were concerned about escalations in their friends' behaviours and felt a sense of duty to help, but the majority experienced a dilemma as to whether to disclose to others and all reported some form of distress. Conclusions: The results highlight the important, yet complex nature of friendship in this context. Friends play a key role in supporting adolescents who self-harm but need greater support managing this role and the effects. Schools/colleges should educate young people about self-harm to increase their knowledge and skills in relation to supporting a friend with this issue. Furthermore, they should promote environments for talking about mental health openly to give young people increased opportunities for help-seeking. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01