The NSSI Paradox: Discussing and Displaying NSSI in an Online Environment. Issue 10 (2nd October 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The NSSI Paradox: Discussing and Displaying NSSI in an Online Environment. Issue 10 (2nd October 2016)
- Main Title:
- The NSSI Paradox: Discussing and Displaying NSSI in an Online Environment
- Authors:
- Rodham, Karen
Gavin, Jeffrey
Lewis, Stephen
Bandalli, Peter
St. Denis, Jill - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is commonly shared online. In the offline world, secrecy is a sign of "real" or authentic self-injury; therefore, openly sharing NSSI in the online context could be considered a paradoxical behavior. We explored how users of an online NSSI site negotiated this apparent paradox. Contrary to our expectations, contributing text and photographs to an online site did not appear to compromise authentic identity. We suggest this was because they were presented in the form of an anonymous public display, which meant that posters could maintain their (secret) identity as individuals who genuinely engage in NSSI.
- Is Part Of:
- Deviant behavior. Volume 37:Issue 10(2016)
- Journal:
- Deviant behavior
- Issue:
- Volume 37:Issue 10(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 37, Issue 10 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 10
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0037-0010-0000
- Page Start:
- 1110
- Page End:
- 1117
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10-02
- Subjects:
- Deviant behavior -- Periodicals
302.54205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/udbh20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/01639625.2016.1169747 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0163-9625
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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