Youth in Crisis: Dimensions of Self-Destructive Conduct among Adolescent Prisoners.

Johnson, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ199098

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Publication Date: 1978

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Youth in Crisis: Dimensions of Self-Destructive Conduct among Adolescent Prisoners.

Johnson, Robert

Adolescence, v13 n51 p461-82 Fall 1978

Self-mutilation and attempted sucide among adolescent prisoners are explored in relation to concrete coping tests posed by prison and to self-esteem problems posed by failure of external (family) and internal (peer) systems. Crisis sequences are traced using verbatim excerpts from interviews with prisoners. (Author)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Case Studies, Coping, Correctional Institutions, Crisis Intervention, Prisoners, Self Concept, Self Mutilation, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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