“What I couldn’t do before, I can do now”: Narrations of agentic shifts and psychological growth by young adults reporting discontinuation of self-injury since adolescence

Purpose We explore young adults’ narrations of life events in association with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) discontinuation, psychological growth, and agency. Methods Transcripts from eleven face-to-face interviews with individuals who quantitatively reported injuring themselves in adolescence (20...

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Autores principales:	Benjamin Claréus, Tove Lundberg, Daiva Daukantaité
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	narrative analysis nonsuicidal self-injury deliberate self-harm turning points agency psychological growth mental health well-being life events recovery Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b61c073b33554472a65d8312b1a2d0c82021-11-11T14:23:41Z“What I couldn’t do before, I can do now”: Narrations of agentic shifts and psychological growth by young adults reporting discontinuation of self-injury since adolescence1748-26231748-263110.1080/17482631.2021.1986277https://doaj.org/article/b61c073b33554472a65d8312b1a2d0c82021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.1986277https://doaj.org/toc/1748-2623https://doaj.org/toc/1748-2631Purpose We explore young adults’ narrations of life events in association with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) discontinuation, psychological growth, and agency. Methods Transcripts from eleven face-to-face interviews with individuals who quantitatively reported injuring themselves in adolescence (2007–2008) but not in young adulthood (2017) were narratively analysed. Results We found that at starting points, a period preceding an agentic shift in the narrative, participants endured stressful living conditions and mental illness. During this period, participants perceived no point in trying to initiate change because they did not perceive themselves as having the capacity to do so and nor could they adequately utilize any formal or informal support. After a turning point that enabled agency due to gaining a sense of belongingness, liberation, or perspective, participants underwent a process of attaining psychological well-being. However, narrating psychological growth also required momentum points, encompassing the management of and moving on from stressful contexts, along with the recognition of milestones marking improvement relative to the starting points. Conclusions NSSI discontinuation was narrated in conjunction with psychological growth when participants also experienced themselves as situated within an agentic context, because agency is understood as necessary to react to and manage current and future life circumstances.Benjamin ClaréusTove LundbergDaiva DaukantaitéTaylor & Francis Grouparticlenarrative analysisnonsuicidal self-injurydeliberate self-harmturning pointsagencypsychological growthmental healthwell-beinglife eventsrecoveryMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	narrative analysis nonsuicidal self-injury deliberate self-harm turning points agency psychological growth mental health well-being life events recovery Medicine (General) R5-920 Benjamin Claréus Tove Lundberg Daiva Daukantaité “What I couldn’t do before, I can do now”: Narrations of agentic shifts and psychological growth by young adults reporting discontinuation of self-injury since adolescence
description	Purpose We explore young adults’ narrations of life events in association with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) discontinuation, psychological growth, and agency. Methods Transcripts from eleven face-to-face interviews with individuals who quantitatively reported injuring themselves in adolescence (2007–2008) but not in young adulthood (2017) were narratively analysed. Results We found that at starting points, a period preceding an agentic shift in the narrative, participants endured stressful living conditions and mental illness. During this period, participants perceived no point in trying to initiate change because they did not perceive themselves as having the capacity to do so and nor could they adequately utilize any formal or informal support. After a turning point that enabled agency due to gaining a sense of belongingness, liberation, or perspective, participants underwent a process of attaining psychological well-being. However, narrating psychological growth also required momentum points, encompassing the management of and moving on from stressful contexts, along with the recognition of milestones marking improvement relative to the starting points. Conclusions NSSI discontinuation was narrated in conjunction with psychological growth when participants also experienced themselves as situated within an agentic context, because agency is understood as necessary to react to and manage current and future life circumstances.
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“What I couldn’t do before, I can do now”: Narrations of agentic shifts and psychological growth by young adults reporting discontinuation of self-injury since adolescence

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