Membership and boundary maintenance on an online self-harm forum

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1567-1575

  Smithson, Janet ^a   Sharkey, Siobhan ^a   Hewis, Elaine ^b   Jones, Ray B ^c   Emmens, Tobit ^d   Ford, Tamsin ^a   Owens, Christabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Self Employed   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; language linguistics; self harm; social support; young adults

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80053337343     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311413784     Document Type: Article

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