TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Self-harm as a means to manage the public and private selves: A qualitative study of help seeking by adults
JO  - Health psychology open
A1  - Ogden, Jane
A1  - Bennett, Alice
SP  - e2055102915605987
EP  - e2055102915605987
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - Adults (n = 25) completed online free text boxes about their self-harming behaviour. Thematic analysis identified three dominant themes: 'managing the private self', 'managing the public self' and 'moving on'. Transcending these themes was the notion of thresholds of change. Self-harm enables people to manage both their private and public selves. When thresholds of change are surpassed, the public self communicates a need for help. Self-harm exists within a precarious balance of well-being and can be a form of self-care. Help seeking is instigated when this balance is disrupted and continued if it offers a better form of self-management than the individual's own self-harming behaviour.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2055-1029
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102915605987
ID  - ref1
ER  -