School Response to Self-Injury: Concerns of Mental Health Staff and Parents

Autor/inn/en	Kelada, Lauren; Hasking, Penelope; Melvin, Glenn A.
Titel	School Response to Self-Injury: Concerns of Mental Health Staff and Parents
Quelle	In: School Psychology Quarterly, 32 (2017) 2, S.173-187 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-3830
Schlagwörter	Injuries; Self Destructive Behavior; Mental Health; Parent Attitudes; Counselor Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Parent School Relationship; Adolescents; Questionnaires; School Policy; School Role; Foreign Countries; School Psychologists; School Counselors; Attitude Measures; Student Needs; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Psychohygiene; Elternverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Fragebogen; Schulpolitik; Ausland; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Australien
Abstract	Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among adolescents poses a significant problem for schools, adolescents, and their families. However, appropriate guidelines for addressing NSSI, including when to disclose the behavior to parents, are currently lacking. The present study aimed to understand how school mental health staff and parents of secondary school students view NSSI to determine how parent--school communication about NSSI, and responses to NSSI, can be improved. Nineteen school mental health staff participated in interviews and 10 parents of adolescents with a history of NSSI completed open-ended questionnaire items. Staff identified that sector-wide NSSI policy and education for teachers and principals would help them feel more supported and improve consistency in addressing NSSI between and within schools. In contrast, parents wanted more support directed at them rather than solely their adolescent. Implications for policy and parental support provided by the school are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01