Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ2033136

A Study on the Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Self-Harming Behavior among Adolescents

Authors(2) :-Nivya Jain, Prof. Kalpana Jain

Self-harm refers to a deliberate act of harming oneself physically or mentally. Self-harming behavior includes the act of cutting, self-injury, or self-inflicted violence etc. It is a recognized psychological illness that is not indicative of a life-threatening attempt. Any kind of act resulting to harm or hurt oneself is viewed as self-harming behavior. The people who cut themselves or self-harm are trying to get attention even though they do so in secret and may be crazy or dangerous, may have strong intention to end one’s life. It has been noticed that there are a lot of factors and their combinations which results into self-harming behavior. One such factor is ‘Socio-economic status’ which depicts about one’s social and economic conditions. It is generally divided into three major parts i.e. low, middle and high status. As a result, there arises an absolute need to find out if there is any particular group which is more indulged in self-harming behavior as compared to others based on their lifestyle, background, amenities, exposure, living conditions etc. which are the parts of one’s socio-economic status. The purpose of current research was to study the effect of socio-economic status on self harming behavior among adolescents. A self-designed socio-demographic profile consists of 11 items was used to take the responses. The responses were taken from purposively selected 120 adolescents of Udaipur city. It was found that there is no significant effect of socio-economic status on self-harming behavior as well as there is no significant difference of type of socio-economic status on self-harming behavior. This research study is found to be exclusive and useful in terms of gaining knowledge about different socio-economic status and their relation with self-harming behavior among adolescents.

Authors and Affiliations

Nivya Jain
Head of Department, MLS University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Prof. Kalpana Jain
Ph.D. Scholar, MLS University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Socio-Economic Status, Self-Harming Behavior, Socio-Demographic Profile.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 1 | January-February 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 132-141
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ2033136
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Nivya Jain, Prof. Kalpana Jain, "A Study on the Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Self-Harming Behavior among Adolescents", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.132-141, January-February.2022
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ2033136

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