Self destructive behavior
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Used for
self injurious behavior, self mutilating behavior
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Scope Note
behavior in which one has a tendency to do harm to oneself, either as a direct or indirect result of their actions; frequently marked by impulse, but also includes chronic, injurious behaviors.
Facts
- Self-destructive behavior is phrase used to describing a broad set of extreme actions and emotions including self-harm and drug abuse.
- Self-destructive behavior may also manifest itself in an active attempt to drive other people away.
- Self-destructive behavior is often a form of self-punishment in response to a personal failure.
- It is argued that self-destructive behavior is a function of how the individual psychologically construes survival and copes with perceptions of isolation and separation from the environment.
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