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Attitudes towards young people who self-harm: age, an influencing factor.
- Source :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Dec2014, Vol. 70 Issue 12, p2884-2896, 13p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Aim To determine the attitudes of emergency care staff towards young people (aged 12-18 years) who self-harm and to gain an understanding of the basis of attitudes that exist. Background Young people frequently attend emergency services following self-harm; it is unclear whether being a young person influences attitudes held. Design Mixed methods using a triangulation convergent design. Methods Survey of 143 staff members from four accident & emergency departments and one ambulance service. Semi-structured interviews with seven children's A&E nurses and five ambulance personnel from the same locality. Data were collected during 2010. Results/Findings Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient confirmed a strong positive correlation between scores on the two scales used to measure attitudes; paired samples t-test revealed a statistically significant difference in scores across the scales; practitioners held more positive attitudes towards young people who self-harmed than young people per se. Both data sets confirmed the presence of ambivalence and ambiguity in attitudes held. The qualitative data revealed that because of their age and immaturity young people were not held responsible for their self-harming behaviours. Being young did though influence subsequent admission, with particular difficulty in securing admission for those aged 16-17 reported. Conclusion Age is a factor in shaping practitioners' attitudes; age also directs and influences a young person's journey through emergency care, although due to ambiguity there is inconsistency in determining where those aged 16-17 years of age fit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EMERGENCY medical technicians
FACTOR analysis
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
MEDICAL personnel
NURSES
PHYSICIANS
RESEARCH
RESEARCH evaluation
SELF-evaluation
SELF-injurious behavior
T-test (Statistics)
LOGISTIC regression analysis
JUDGMENT sampling
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03092402
- Volume :
- 70
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99255038
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12451