Phenomenology of self-injurious behaviors in female students of first secondary education in Qom city (1401)

Abstract

Disorganized and invalidating psychological and environmental conditions are the main factors in using non-suicidal self-harm to convey social messages. The aim of this research was the phenomenological study of this phenomenon in female students of the first secondary school of education in Qom city (1402-1401). Its "research method" is "Seven-step Colizzian descriptive phenomenology"; which has been evaluated with the criteria of believability, transferability, reliability and verifiability. The final result of this phenomenological study from semi-structured interviews with 13 participants; In total, there are 6 main themes, 26 sub-themes and 135 concepts. Its agents were mainly messages "indicating chaos" to achieve "negative social reinforcement" (relief from tension and extroverted behavior) or to achieve "positive social reinforcement" (reassurance and attention-seeking). The sexual orientation of the participants is mainly reported as either homosexual or heterosexual. Among the new concepts specific to this research, we can mention "conflict of home, school and media values", "not having freedom of choice", "problem of expressing opinion" and "meaninglessness".

Keywords

• non-suicidal self-harm
• phenomenology
• female students of the first secondary school
• qom city