@article{ref1,
title="Sociological Approaches to Self-injury",
journal="Sociology compass",
year="2015",
author="Taylor, J.D. and Ibañez, L.M.",
volume="9",
number="12",
pages="1005-1014",
abstract="This paper reviews the burgeoning sociological literature on non-suicidal self-injury, in which individuals intentionally harm themselves by cutting, burning, scratching, or smashing their body parts. We identify challenges to studying self-injury, such as conflicting definitions and categorizations. Comparing self-injury to other behaviors such as suicide, body modification, and self-mutilation, we assert that that non-suicidal self-injury deserves its own conceptual category. We explain how a critical sociological approach provides a valuable counterweight to medical and psychological studies of self-injury. In particular, this paper advances the deviance perspective. Finally, we highlight how technology has allowed self-injurers to build supportive communities in cyberspace, blurring the line between hidden and public acts. We conclude with suggestions for future directions in the study of self-injury. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1751-9020",
doi="10.1111/soc4.12327",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12327"
}