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TY - JOUR
T1 - Education professionals' experiences and understandings of self harm in primary school children
T2 - you don't really believe unless you see it
AU - Simm, Rebecca
AU - Roen, Katrina
AU - Daiches, Anna
N1 - PG Intake 2003
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper reports on an empirical study concerning educational professionals' understandings of self‐harm in primary school children. There is little research available about self‐harm in primary‐school aged children, and literature searches for the current study have revealed no research on primary school professionals' understandings of self‐harm in their pupils. This is remarkable given the role that such professionals play in pastoral care. The present qualitative research involved interviewing 15 staff members of six schools in the North of England and analysing transcribed data using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The findings of this exploratory study suggest a cyclical relationship between the experience, understanding and awareness of self‐harm as described by primary school professionals. This research is presented as a springboard for improving understandings of how self‐harm is experienced and managed in primary schools. It is hoped that the findings might contribute to a long term goal of working with school communities to develop system‐level interventions that cultivate existing resources for addressing self‐harm in children.
AB - This paper reports on an empirical study concerning educational professionals' understandings of self‐harm in primary school children. There is little research available about self‐harm in primary‐school aged children, and literature searches for the current study have revealed no research on primary school professionals' understandings of self‐harm in their pupils. This is remarkable given the role that such professionals play in pastoral care. The present qualitative research involved interviewing 15 staff members of six schools in the North of England and analysing transcribed data using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The findings of this exploratory study suggest a cyclical relationship between the experience, understanding and awareness of self‐harm as described by primary school professionals. This research is presented as a springboard for improving understandings of how self‐harm is experienced and managed in primary schools. It is hoped that the findings might contribute to a long term goal of working with school communities to develop system‐level interventions that cultivate existing resources for addressing self‐harm in children.
KW - self harm
KW - children
KW - primary education
KW - qualitative
U2 - 10.1080/03054980701663967
DO - 10.1080/03054980701663967
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 253
EP - 269
JO - Oxford Review of Education
JF - Oxford Review of Education
SN - 0305-4985
IS - 2
ER -