#automutilação : um estudo sobre a representação da autolesão em uma comunidade virtual de praticantes

Felipe Moreira Borges Nascimento Fabbrini; Ivelise Fortim

doi:10.23925/2594-3871.2024v33i1p151-177

Authors

Felipe Moreira Borges Nascimento Fabbrini Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-4030
Ivelise Fortim Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9035-0199

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2594-3871.2024v33i1p151-177

Keywords:

Self-Harm, Nonsuicidal self-injury, NSSI, Social media, Mental health

Abstract

Non-suicidal self-injury is a phenomenon of growing relevance with high prevalence rates in adolescents and young adults. Although they are reluctant to seek professional help, self-injury practitioners have high rates of internet use and online risky behavior, which makes it necessary to investigate the phenomenon in this context. A virtual ethnography was carried out in the Facebook group “self-mutilation” in order to understand how self-injury is treated in a virtual community composed and moderated by practitioners. The contents shared by users in the community were collected and distributed into five categories of analysis: self-injury, suffering, suicide, religion and help. Self-injury is represented in the community as a compulsive behavior with addictive characteristics. Posts of explicit self-injury images generate significantly more engagement than help posts and promote an increase in the number of photos of injuries in subsequent moments. Although the community presents benefits such as the availability of members to talk and provide support, there are a number of harmful aspects such as posts inciting suicide and self-harm, hostility in interactions and unpreparedness to deal with the suffering of others. Finally, the need to develop new intervention strategies in the online environment is highlighted.

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Author Biographies

Felipe Moreira Borges Nascimento Fabbrini, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Psicólogo clínico graduado pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)

Ivelise Fortim , Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Doutora em Psicologia Clínica pela PUC-SP, professora do curso de psicologia da PUC-SP

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