Cutting the Body to Cope: Understanding the Adaptive Functions of Self-Cutting Behaviour

cityu.school	Division of Arts and Sciences
cityu.site	Vancouver, BC
cityu.site.country	Canada
dc.contributor.author	Rosen, Melissa
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-09T23:40:10Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-09T23:40:10Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	Although self-cutting among adolescents has become an increasingly commonplace clinical problem, the act of self-injury remains a widely misunderstood phenomenon. The need for clinicians to better understand and help those who engage in self-cutting behaviour is great. Exploring the functional significance of self-injurious behaviour is a key step to forming a deeper understanding of it. This study will investigate the meanings that adolescents who cut themselves attach to the act in order to improve understanding and treatment of self-cutting behaviours. The literature will be reviewed for common themes in the functional importance of self-injurious behaviour and then compared with a single case illustration. Finally, implications for clinical practice are considered.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/456
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.institution	City University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subject	self-harm
dc.subject	adolescent counseling
dc.subject	self-injury by adolescents
dc.title	Cutting the Body to Cope: Understanding the Adaptive Functions of Self-Cutting Behaviour
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Counseling
thesis.degree.grantor	City University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts

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