2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on the condition and the nature of Self-Injury

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21830039
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	Hitotsubashi University
Principal Investigator	TODAKA Nana Hitotsubashi University, 大学院・社会学研究科, 特任講師 (40547569)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	自己アイデンティティ / 自傷行為 / リストカット / スクールカウンセラー / コミュニケーション / 嗜癖
Research Abstract	In this research, I had the interviews with the persons who have experienced the Self-injury. I found that Self-injury has two purposes. The first purpose is to reduce unpleasant feelings. They can reduce the depersonalization and the depression feeling. The second purpose is to cause the change into the relation to others. The factor and the mechanism of Self-injury are still not clear. But some Self-injury persons had traumatic stress in childhood.