J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2023 Dec;32(4):421-433. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2023.32.4.421.

The Process of Adapting to Daily Life after Discharge of Self-injury Adolescents

• Hwang DW
• Han KS

• KMID: 2550354
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2023.32.4.421

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to understand the process of adapting to daily life after discharge of self-injury adolescents and to develop a substantive theory that can explain their experiences.
Methods
Data collection and analysis were conducted through interviews with 9 participants who returned to their daily life after discharge, and data analysis was conducted according to the grounded theory approach.
Results
As a result of the analysis, a total of 31 concepts and 9 categories were derived, and were classified into the areas of conditions, actions-interactions, and consequences according to the grounded theory paradigm. As a core category that can explain all these concepts and categories, ‘balance oneself in a precarious daily life’ was derived.
Conclusion
In this study, a theory in which this process was composed in the order of return stage, crisis stage, and transformative stage, was presented. Finally, the discussions and suggestions of this study based on these results were described.

Keyword

Adolescents; Self-injury; Social adjustment; Grounded theory; 청소년; 자해; 일상생활 적응; 근거이론