Features of Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescence and Youth

In: Izvestija Saratovskogo universiteta: Izvestiya of Saratov University. Serija filosofija, psichologija, pedagogika = Philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 92-97

Abstract

The research is aimed to studying features of self-injurious behaviour in adolescence and youth. This purpose makes us analyse such characteristics as self-attitude, coping behaviour, cases of psychological traumatization, deviant socialization and self-injurious behavior. Three types of self-injurious behavior: a deviant, a prosocial and a personality-dysfunctional one are defined.