Start, stop, and continue: Preliminary insight into the appeal of self-injury e-communities

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 250-260

  Lewis, Stephen P ^a   Michal, Natalie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; communication; information; Internet; mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954424297     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314527140     Document Type: Article

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