Helpful or harmful? An examination of viewers' responses to nonsuicidal self-injury videos on youtube

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-385

  Lewis, Stephen P ^a   Heath, Nancy L ^b   Sornberger, Michael J ^b   Arbuthnott, Alexis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Internet; Self harm; Self injury; Youth; YouTube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84866728919     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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