Prison officer's beliefs regarding self-harm in prisoners : an empirical investigation Pannell, Joel, Howells, Kevin and Day, Andrew 2003, Prison officer's beliefs regarding self-harm in prisoners : an empirical investigation, International journal of forensic psychology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 103-110. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads SYMPLECTIC-LICENCE Symplectic Licence text/plain 2 day-prisonofficersbelief-2003.pdf Published version application/pdf 160.29KB 904 Title Prison officer's beliefs regarding self-harm in prisoners : an empirical investigation Author(s) Pannell, Joel Howells, Kevin Day, Andrew Journal name International journal of forensic psychology Volume number 1 Issue number 1 Start page 103 End page 110 Publisher University of Wollongong, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences Place of publication Wollongong, N.S.W. Publication date 2003 ISSN 1448-4374 Keyword(s) self-harm suicide prisoners correctional officers perceptions Summary The prevention of self-harm and suicide in prisoners depends on good interaction between the individual prisoner and prison staff. Staff perceptions of prisoner self-harm are likely to be a crucial factor influencing this interaction. The aim of the present study was to determine correctional officers' perception of the causes and functions of self-harm, and the effects of incident severity and repetitiveness on perceptions. A sample of 76 correctional officers was presented with a vignette depicting a self-harm in which the severity and repetitiveness of the incident was systematically altered. Officers' rated both the causes and functions of the behaviour. Four attributional dimensions were identified by factor analysis. These factors related primarily to personal factors about the individual prisoner. Staff perceived the functions of self-harm to be communicative rather than to commit suicide. Perceptions were not affected by severity or repetitiveness information, except for high severity leading to a greater perception of suicidal intent. Initiatives to help staff work more effectively and therapeutically with distressed prisoners are therefore likely to impact positively upon rates of self-harm. Notes Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupp@deakin.edu.au Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2003, University of Wollongong Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020623 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 08:31:03 EST Wed, 28 Oct 2009, 11:16:12 EST Wed, 28 Oct 2009, 11:17:30 EST Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 12:36:26 EST Mon, 13 Sep 2010, 12:37:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 847 Abstract Views, 906 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 08:31:03 EST

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