School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT.
Sociol Health Illn. 2011 Jul;33(5):777-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01322.x. Epub 2011 Feb 24.
This article draws from focus groups and interviews investigating how young people talk about self-harm. Some of the research participants had personal experience of self-harm but this was not a prerequisite for their inclusion in the study. Thematic coding was used initially to organise and give an overview of the data, but the data were subsequently analysed using a discourse analytic approach. The article focuses on the young people's constructions of deliberate self-harm such as 'cutting'. Throughout the focus groups and interviews, a dichotomy was set up by the young people between authentic, private self-harm which is rooted in real distress (and warrants a sympathetic response) and public, self-indulgent attempts to seek attention. This dualistic construction is discussed in some detail and located in various socio-cultural contexts. It is argued that the dualism illustrates contemporary ambivalence about mental health and youth.
本文借鉴了焦点小组和访谈调查，探讨了年轻人如何谈论自残。部分研究参与者有自残的个人经历，但这不是其参与研究的先决条件。最初使用主题编码对数据进行组织和概述，但随后使用话语分析方法对数据进行了分析。本文重点关注年轻人对故意自残（如“切割”）的构建。在整个焦点小组和访谈中，年轻人在真实、私人的自残（源于真正的痛苦（需要同情的回应））和公开的、自我放纵的寻求关注之间建立了二分法。这种二元论结构被详细讨论，并置于各种社会文化背景中。有人认为，这种二元论体现了当代对心理健康和青年的矛盾态度。
