Self-harm and resilience factors in adult mental health patients V.1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Self-harm and resilience factors in young adult mental health patients
IRAS ID
300717
Contact name
Sarah Lonbay
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Sunderland
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, "Self-harm and resilience factors in young adult mental health patients V.1.0"
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Summary of Research
Topic: Self-harm and resilience factors in young adult mental health patients.
Aim: This research will seek to understand young adult mental health patients’ most reported resilience factors to self-harm and their perspectives on how these can prevent or reduce self-harm and promote mental well-being.
Rationale: Self-harm is a growing health concern and the most important single risk factor to suicide. There is limited patient-centred research on self-harm and young adult mental health patients’ reported most effective protective factor.
Research questions:
• What are young adult mental health patients’ commonly reported resilience factors to self-harm?
• How does the reported resilience factors work to prevent or reduce self-harm and promote mental well-being?
• What do the young adult mental health patients consider as the most effective protective factor in self-harm?Research Method:
This qualitative study will use semi-structured interviews to gather in-depth insights on participants’ attitudes, thoughts, and views on their resilience and self-harm phenomena. Young adults (18-40yrs)(n= approx.15) with a history of self-harm who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be recruited from various mental health wards. This will be with their informed written consents, required ethical approvals and ethical considerations consistent with good practice. The participants will be asked questions about their support and coping strategies with a focus on gathering data that will lead to a textural description and a structural description of the experiences, and ultimately provide an understanding of the common experiences of the participants. A topic guide for the interviews has been uploaded as a separate document. The interview texts relating to the research questions will be coded by selective reduction to find patterns and trends, to make interpretations and to draw conclusions in response to the research questions.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
22/WS/0104
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jul 2022
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion