Existential foundations of suicidal and self-harming behavior of adolescents
Abstract
The article discusses the existential prerequisites for the formation of auto-aggressive behavior of adolescents. The main age-related issues in younger and older adolescents are revealed in the context of the concept of fundamental existential motivations. The research data on the characteristics of existential experiences of adolescents (13–17 years) with high risks of auto-aggression. The peculiarities of teenagers with auto-aggression are revealed: the experience of insecurity, lack of self-worth and inclusion in significant social ties. The article gives examples of individual descriptions of adolescents of their own existential experiences and suicidal thoughts arising from them. Recommendations are given for the prevention of teenage autoaggression using existential approaches to personality.
About the Author
A. A. Grigorieva
V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandrina Andreevna Grigorieva – PhD Psyhol. Sci., Scientific Research Institute of Narcology
Kropotkinsky per., 25, Moscow
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Grigorieva A.A. Existential foundations of suicidal and self-harming behavior of adolescents. Bulletin of psychotherapy. 2020;(73):67-76. (In Russ.)
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