Summary of SIB in College Population (article 1)
The following article had one goal and that was to show how many college students do SIB and what specific patterns lead to the behavior. How the data was sampled was through a random generator that would select student ID’s and then email that particular student a sample of the survey. (Over 8300 students were sampled) The survey itself asked if the student has done SIB, when did it first start, what was on the mind of that individual during the action of SIB and then finally the students history with general abuse/eating disorders. With this data the team who created the survey organize what attributes contribute to SIB the most.
The overall result was that, 17% of the population had infact …show more content…
Typically extreme stressful events are much more likely to be linked to SIB than a less stressful event. This can be compared with self concept and self esteem.
Typically, school is where students gain independence and are influenced to be pushed to their concepts. For example, one student might think that perfect grades are what really create the individual. So, they will create goals to try and accomplish that concept. However, this can also be a problem. If the individual fails to complete this concept than they might gain low self esteem for himself.
With low self esteem individuals may feel as if they are alone in their problems; or that their problems are a burden to others, thus isolating themselves and contributing to their own self hatred. SIB plays along with this because typically people who do SIB are looking for some escape from their problems. If the individual creates an impossible concept for himself and fails they will start to believe that they are a failure. Feeling like they aren’t as good as others they might start to SIB as a way to make themselves feel “happy” again or to serve as self …show more content…
In order to prevent these statistics from rising one must find out why students are committing suicide and how to prevent it. One of the many ways of finding out why teens commit suicide is through surveys and then asking why they SIB. Both of the articles goal was to discover why self harm occurs. Both articles agree that it happens due to stressful events that cause long term emotional distress. (Such as abuse and bullying) With this information education systems can prevent SIB from happening by creating programs that help with people who SIB. Or offer more counseling resources to troubled students. In which, would drop the rate of suicide and improve education.
Personal Opinion
I found the topic to be extremely important for education systems that hold teenagers. Since, there are many ways schools could be battling SIB and suicide. They just lack initiative to do so due to budgeting and lack of direct information.
I did find it strange that mental illness wasn’t focused as much as general abused background history. As someone who has anxiety, I feel that mental illness is very much generalized and or ignored by most. People have this belief that positive thinking can cure all when in fact some individuals literally cannot control their emotions. I feel if mental illness was explained/taught better then more individuals will be willing to go to therapy for help instead of fearing the stigma of being “crazy”.
Overall, both articles
The following article had one goal and that was to show how many college students do SIB and what specific patterns lead to the behavior. How the data was sampled was through a random generator that would select student ID’s and then email that particular student a sample of the survey. (Over 8300 students were sampled) The survey itself asked if the student has done SIB, when did it first start, what was on the mind of that individual during the action of SIB and then finally the students history with general abuse/eating disorders. With this data the team who created the survey organize what attributes contribute to SIB the most.
The overall result was that, 17% of the population had infact …show more content…
Typically extreme stressful events are much more likely to be linked to SIB than a less stressful event. This can be compared with self concept and self esteem.
Typically, school is where students gain independence and are influenced to be pushed to their concepts. For example, one student might think that perfect grades are what really create the individual. So, they will create goals to try and accomplish that concept. However, this can also be a problem. If the individual fails to complete this concept than they might gain low self esteem for himself.
With low self esteem individuals may feel as if they are alone in their problems; or that their problems are a burden to others, thus isolating themselves and contributing to their own self hatred. SIB plays along with this because typically people who do SIB are looking for some escape from their problems. If the individual creates an impossible concept for himself and fails they will start to believe that they are a failure. Feeling like they aren’t as good as others they might start to SIB as a way to make themselves feel “happy” again or to serve as self …show more content…
In order to prevent these statistics from rising one must find out why students are committing suicide and how to prevent it. One of the many ways of finding out why teens commit suicide is through surveys and then asking why they SIB. Both of the articles goal was to discover why self harm occurs. Both articles agree that it happens due to stressful events that cause long term emotional distress. (Such as abuse and bullying) With this information education systems can prevent SIB from happening by creating programs that help with people who SIB. Or offer more counseling resources to troubled students. In which, would drop the rate of suicide and improve education.
Personal Opinion
I found the topic to be extremely important for education systems that hold teenagers. Since, there are many ways schools could be battling SIB and suicide. They just lack initiative to do so due to budgeting and lack of direct information.
I did find it strange that mental illness wasn’t focused as much as general abused background history. As someone who has anxiety, I feel that mental illness is very much generalized and or ignored by most. People have this belief that positive thinking can cure all when in fact some individuals literally cannot control their emotions. I feel if mental illness was explained/taught better then more individuals will be willing to go to therapy for help instead of fearing the stigma of being “crazy”.
Overall, both articles