Desire to survive emotional pain related to self-harm: A Norwegian hermeneutic study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Holm, Anne Lise ^a,b   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^c  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emotional pain; Hermeneutic analysis; Interpretative; Self harm; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BATTERED WOMAN; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAIN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAIN; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950293154     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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