@article{ref1,
title="The role of women's self-injury support-groups: A grounded theory",
journal="Journal of community and applied social psychology",
year="2007",
author="Corcoran, J. and Mewse, A and Babiker, G",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="35-52",
abstract="Research evidence suggests that services are struggling to adequately address the increasing incidence of self-injury and the needs of women who self-injure, while national self-injury support-groups across the UK appear to be growing in number. Despite their reported value, evidence regarding the role of self-injury support-groups in women's management of their self-injury is lacking although government policy and official guidelines are advocating the incorporation of support-groups into self-injury services. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using Grounded Theory to investigate the role of three UK self-injury support-groups in women's management of self-injury and associated difficulties. Empowerment-as-process emerged as the core theme of self-injury support-groups. mediated through experiences of belonging, sharing, autonomy, positive feeling and change. Findings are discussed in relation to relevant theory and research, followed by critical evaluation and implications of the study.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1052-9284",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}