Exploring the motivations behind self-injury

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Polk, Erin ^a   Liss, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Qualitative analysis; Self injury; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949106546     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070903216911     Document Type: Article

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