The experience of deliberate self harm : a grounded theory study
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Weinberg, Mark Robert
issued: 2011-02-24T17:12:16Z
issued: 2007
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This study utilized grounded theory methodology to examine the experience of transition towards, living with, and recovery from, deliberate self-harm from the perspective of people who had lived with these behaviours. The study aimed to transcend the tendency to focus on professional and clinical perspectives and to build a theory based on the direct experiences of people who have lived with deliberate self-harm. The grounded theory methodology (Strauss & Corbin, 1998) was utilized and consisted of in-depth interviews with 13 people who had recovered from deliberate self-harm as well as a registered psychologist who worked with people living with deliberate self-harm and a tattoo artist who practiced skin cutting as an art form. Interviews were coded and analyzed and a theoretical model was developed describing a process whereby: (a) exclusive and/or intrusive experiences play a central role in precipitating the discovery of deliberate selfharm, (b) a sense of loss of control results from these exclusive/intrusive experiences, (c) self-harming behaviours occur in an attempt to manage the sense of loss of control, and (d) continued exclusionary/intrusive experiences act to maintain self-harming behaviours. Recovery occurs in the context of an environmental shift, leading to the experience of Inclusion, which facilitates a sense of control. The findings of this study contribute to the field of counselling psychology by providing a model focused on client experience, and by building on a body of knowledge concerning a population that counsellors are encountering in increasing numbers (Zila & Kisela, 2001).
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note: T H E EXPERIENCE OF DELIBERATE SELF-HARM: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY by Mark Robert Weinberg B.A., University of Cape Town (1987) B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.), University of Cape Town (1989) M.A., University of Cape Town (1993) A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF T H E REQUIREMENTS FOR T H E DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in T H E F A C U L T Y OF G R A D U A T E STUDIES (Counselling Psychology) T H E UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA July 2007 © Mark Robert Weinberg, 2007 Abstract This study utilized grounded theory methodology to examine the experience of transition towards, living with, and recovery from, deliberate self-harm from the perspective of people who had lived with these behaviours. The study aimed to transcend the tendency to focus on professional and clinical perspectives and to build a theory based on the direct experiences of people who have lived with deliberate self-harm. The grounded theory methodology (Strauss & Corbin, 1998) was utilized and consisted of in-depth interviews with 13 people who had recovered from deliberate self-harm as well as a registered psychologist who worked with people living with deliberate self-harm and a tattoo artist who practiced skin cutting as an art form. Interviews were coded and analyzed and a theoretical model was developed describing a process whereby: (a) exclusive and/or intrusive experiences play a central role in precipitating the discovery of deliberate self-harm, (b) a sense of loss of control results from these exclusive/intrusive experiences, (c) self-harming behaviours occur in an attempt to manage the sense of loss of control, and (d) continued exclusionary/intrusive experiences act to maintain self-harming behaviours. Recovery occurs in the context of an environmental shift, leading to the experience of Inclusion, which facilitates a sense of control. The findings of this study contribute to the field of counselling psychology by providing a model focused on client experience, and by building on a body of k…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0053632
language: eng
degree discipline: Counselling Psychology
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31723