@article{ref1,
title="Blogs, identity, stigma and scars: the legacy of self-injury",
journal="Mental health review journal (Brighton)",
year="2021",
author="Kendall, Nadine and MacDonald, Caylee and Binnie, James",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="258-278",
abstract="PURPOSE This paper aims to explore the experience of living with scars from self-injury; how people who self-injure (SI) make meaning of their scars and how these scars are a part of the identity construction process. <br><br>DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH It is observed that 60 entries, from 25 online narrative blogs detailing the experience of living with self-injury scars, were analyzed using a contextualized thematic analysis informed by an embodied perspective. <br><br>FINDINGS The analysis generated two dominant themes: temporal aspects of identity; and social stigma and scars. <br><br>ORIGINALITY/VALUE Far-reaching consequences of self-injury scars on the daily lives of people who SI was found. This included a person's posture, clothing, choices of career, inclusion in family life, leisure activities and relationships; all of which have corollaries in emotional and psychological well-being. Scars were found to be self-narrative with particular salience given to how scars represented healing. Novel findings included the central role scars played in the resistance of self-injury stigma.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1361-9322",
doi="10.1108/MHRJ-06-2020-0041",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-06-2020-0041"
}