ERIC Number: EJ1011272
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jun
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
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Examining the Acceptability, Attractiveness, and Effects of a School-Based Validating Interview for Adolescents Who Self-Injure
Bjarehed, Jonas; Pettersson, Kajsa; Wangby-Lundh, Margit; Lundh, Lars-Gunnar
Journal of School Nursing, v29 n3 p225-234 Jun 2013
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents is a significant problem that needs to be addressed, and in some cases managed, in school settings. The current feasibility study uses screening questionnaires and follow up-interviews on NSSI in a community sample of adolescents ("N" = 1,052) in Sweden. Both adolescents reporting self-injury ("n" = 66) and a comparison group ("n" = 31) were interviewed, and information disclosed about self-injury, as well as the results from the interviewers assessments of the seriousness of these behaviors, were examined. Generally, adolescents reported positive feelings about being interviewed, and 52% of those who had reported self-injury in the questionnaire disclosed NSSI in the interviews. Further, a majority of these cases, 76%, were not assessed as very serious. When NSSI was reported in a questionnaire 1 year after the interview, there were no indications of iatrogenic effects from participating in the interview. The results support the feasibility of using NSSI screening questionnaires in combination with follow-up interviews in schools. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Interviews, Adolescents, Program Validation, Self Destructive Behavior, Feasibility Studies, Screening Tests, Questionnaires, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Severity (of Disability), Injuries, Mental Health Programs, Accident Prevention, Prevention, At Risk Persons
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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