Research Study on Self Injury- Plz Read!!!

[cazza64]

Hi all,


I am a 3rd year psychology student and I am doing my dissertation on Self Injury and I was wondering if anyone would like to participate.
Because there has not been a lot of research into stopping self harm and the coping strategies that are put in place instead of self harm , this is what my study will aim to look at.
Because I know this is a very sensitive issue and because of the aims the research will be looking into, I am only asking for people who have stopped self harming for at least 6 months.




What would be asked of you if you were to volunteer...


The only thing you need to do is to give me permission to use your posts that are on this forum, I shall be looking at your posts from when you started writing in the forum to the last time you posted. This is just to look at your language to see if it has changed since you have stopped self harming. I will only use your posts that are related to self harm, so any other posts that are about anything else will not be used, and if you want to look at the posts I want to use before I start looking at them you can do so.
So if you were to volunteer for this study, like I said above, all you need to do is give me permission to use your posts.


All data will be strictly confidential and anonymous.


I have asked the moderators before I wrote in this forum and they have given permission for me to ask people to volunteer and if you do I would be very grateful. It must also be noted that the study is not to give treatments it is just for my dissertation for my degree. Also if you would like to look at my results and any of the data once I have analysed all of it you can do.


If you have any other questions don't hesitate to contact me, either on here or either of my other email addresses which are – funkynhippybabe@hotmail.com or 06008734@hope.ac.uk


Thanks,


Caroline Thorpe

[Stellata]

Hi Caroline. :)

You're welcome to use mine. The last time I 'properly' self harmed was the end of January.

[typsee]

Just confirming that this has the mods' permission to be posted on here.

[Absynnthe]

Aww. Good luck with suff. ^^

[shadow-light]

you can use my posts if you like. I'm not sure when the last time I SIed was though

[Snow White.]

I've been self harm free for a year & a half now, and would be more than happy for you to use my posts. However, I would like to know which ones you are using, and I don't recall how many I posted when I was actively self harming - but I know there were many Ranting & Venting posts.

If you need anything else, please let me know
x

[C1071]

You can use my posts if you like - I've been SI free since October 31st 2009 x

[PoisonedApple]

I wasn't on here when I was SIing but you can look at my posts or ask me questions if you like. I last used SI in 2004.

[gypsyroselee]

you can use mine though i don't know how much i have written about self harm. i can't remember when i stopped self harming. was a while ago.

[~Grace~]

You can use mine but id like to know what you use if thats ok xx

[Margo]

You can use mine too. Pretty much free since February. Few slips and such but mostly free and also finally in recovery from a rather long bout of depression :) Oh im a bloke and old too so fairly rare :P Ooh im stupid too! *nods and lols tongue to one side*

[Only inhuman]

you can use mine if you want, iv been free for 2 years :)
xxx

[Katiee]

Good luckkk(: x

[popsicle]

If you don't get enough people who've stopped for 6 months, feel free to use mine [I haven't done it in 4 months].

[Sunshine]

i stopped self harming about a year and a half ago but i dont think i really wrote about it much, i think i wrote about my suicidal urges more, but if you can find enough information then feel free to include me, i would like to see what posts you use though, just out of curiosity.
good luck
x

[vetty]

i'm happy to participate, i haven't sh'd for about 5 years.

[foreverXanXaddict]

i dont really post a lot. especially not recently. but ive been free for 2 years as of the 8th.