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The study of the experience of adolescents with a history of self-harm according to their clinical disorders and individual characteristics
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ALI Asgharzadeh   , Azra Mohammadpanah Ardakan , Hamidreza Aryanpour , Narges Abdellah |
| Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanistic and Social Sciences. Ardakan University, Yazd, Iran. , azramohammadpanah@ardakan.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Self-harm is one of the dangerous problems of adolescence. Self-harm includes behaviors that are carried out with various psychological and interpersonal goals and in direct and indirect ways. This study aimed to investigate the lived experience of adolescents with a history of self-harm.
Method: In this qualitative research with a thematic approach, the lived experience of ten adolescents with a history of self-harm was investigated through in-depth individual interviews, and the research focuses on understanding and interpreting these individuals' experiences of the phenomenon of self-harm. In fact, this research seeks to discover the meaning of self-harm for those who have experienced it, and then the signs of clinical disorders and personal characteristics affecting this phenomenon were identified and analyzed. The population studied in this study was adolescents aged 12-18 in Kerman in 2023.
Findings: With an emphasis on individual and personality characteristics and clinical disorders, the initial concept codes reached 26 numbers, which were placed in 9 major categories.
Conclusion: Self-harm had a specific function for each person. The need to self-harm can be a sign of the presence of clinical or personality disorders. Some people had self-harmed simply because of impulsivity and lack of control skills, and others had tried self-harm due to disorders such as addiction, conduct disorder, or impulse control disorder. |
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| Keywords: Self-harm, adolescence, clinical disorders, individual characteristics |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2024/12/31 | Accepted: 2025/08/4 | Published: 2025/10/2
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