In the last years the increase of Self-injury behaviors among adolescents and young adults has shown a growing interest of studies on the phenomenon (Muehlenkamp et al., 2012; Cerutti et al., 2011;Moran et al., 2011; Nock, 2010), mainly focused on the investigation of intra-psychic and interpersonal factors (Klonsky & Glenn, 2009; Suyemoto, 1998). The growing spread of Self-injury behaviors into virtual context (Whitlock et al., 2006; Margherita & Gargiulo, 2014) has highlighted the risk factors associated with the exposure to these sites (Mitchell et al., 2014; Rodham et al., 2013; Duggan & Whitlock, 2012) or online supporting psychological interventions (Martorana & Alfano, 2014; Johnson et al., 2010). The work proposes a reading of the Blogs written by authors who claim to be Selfinjurer through an interpretation of the groupal and cultural dimensions which unfold in the specificity of the virtual context. Method. 34 Italian Blogs considered as narratives, have been assembled into a single corpus, analyzed by the software T-Lab (Lancia, 2004). Results. Cluster Analysis carried out four thematic clusters named: Blood Ties, Mom, I'll tell you how I cut myself, A peculiar adolescence, The masquerade of the pain. Clusters have revealed how the discourse on Self-Injury behaviors into virtual communities of adolescents organizes itself through three carriers of meaning: The pain as an element of cohesiveness, The function of the Other as helpless witness, The dynamics of disclosure/masking of the limit. Conclusion. We'll discuss some implications related to the ability to understand the correspondence between psychopathological organizations and psychic Malaise (Kaës, 2014) in the space of articulation of the link between subject and culture.

Self-injury behaviors into virtual context: individual to cultural aspects / Margherita, Giorgia; Gargiulo, Anna. - In: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 2282-1619. - 3:2 Suppl. 1A(2015), pp. 117-117. (Intervento presentato al convegno XVII National Congress Italian Psychological Association Clinical and Dynamic Section-Milazzo, Messina-September 25-27 2015 tenutosi a Milazzo, Messina nel Settembre 2015) [10.6092/2282-1619/2015.1.1097].

Self-injury behaviors into virtual context: individual to cultural aspects

MARGHERITA, GIORGIA;GARGIULO, ANNA
2015

Abstract

In the last years the increase of Self-injury behaviors among adolescents and young adults has shown a growing interest of studies on the phenomenon (Muehlenkamp et al., 2012; Cerutti et al., 2011;Moran et al., 2011; Nock, 2010), mainly focused on the investigation of intra-psychic and interpersonal factors (Klonsky & Glenn, 2009; Suyemoto, 1998). The growing spread of Self-injury behaviors into virtual context (Whitlock et al., 2006; Margherita & Gargiulo, 2014) has highlighted the risk factors associated with the exposure to these sites (Mitchell et al., 2014; Rodham et al., 2013; Duggan & Whitlock, 2012) or online supporting psychological interventions (Martorana & Alfano, 2014; Johnson et al., 2010). The work proposes a reading of the Blogs written by authors who claim to be Selfinjurer through an interpretation of the groupal and cultural dimensions which unfold in the specificity of the virtual context. Method. 34 Italian Blogs considered as narratives, have been assembled into a single corpus, analyzed by the software T-Lab (Lancia, 2004). Results. Cluster Analysis carried out four thematic clusters named: Blood Ties, Mom, I'll tell you how I cut myself, A peculiar adolescence, The masquerade of the pain. Clusters have revealed how the discourse on Self-Injury behaviors into virtual communities of adolescents organizes itself through three carriers of meaning: The pain as an element of cohesiveness, The function of the Other as helpless witness, The dynamics of disclosure/masking of the limit. Conclusion. We'll discuss some implications related to the ability to understand the correspondence between psychopathological organizations and psychic Malaise (Kaës, 2014) in the space of articulation of the link between subject and culture.
2015
2282-1619
Self-injury behaviors into virtual context: individual to cultural aspects / Margherita, Giorgia; Gargiulo, Anna. - In: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 2282-1619. - 3:2 Suppl. 1A(2015), pp. 117-117. (Intervento presentato al convegno XVII National Congress Italian Psychological Association Clinical and Dynamic Section-Milazzo, Messina-September 25-27 2015 tenutosi a Milazzo, Messina nel Settembre 2015) [10.6092/2282-1619/2015.1.1097].
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