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Towards a new perspective on deliberate self‐harm in an area of multiple deprivation
Author(s) -
Redley Marcus
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9566.00350
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , agency (philosophy) , harm , qualitative research , sociology , sense of agency , qualitative analysis , psychology , social psychology , social science , computer science , artificial intelligence
Based on 50 qualitative interviews with people who have repeatedly taken overdoses, this paper presents a new perspective for understanding deliberate self‐harm. The perspective is new in the sense that it (1) avoids over‐reliance on risk factors and (2) places agency at the centre of the analysis to document how the respondents’ artfully constructed accounts of their lives minimise agency and constitute life in a perpetual present.