Research on the Effects of Message Boards Devoted to Self-Injury

question 73

Multiple Choice

Research on the effects of message boards devoted to self-injury shows that online interactions:

• A)provide little social support for adolescents struggling with self-injurious behavior
• B)normalize and encourage self-injurious behavior
• C)provide self-injurers with new potentially lethal self-injurious behaviors
• D)some of the above but not all of the above

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Definitions:

Sexual Scripts

Socially learned behaviors and pathways that guide sexual interactions and expectations in a cultural context.

Sexual Assault

A legal term for forced sexual contact that does not necessarily include penile-vaginal intercourse.

Power

The ability or capacity to influence the behavior of others, the course of events, or the outcome of decisions, often analyzed in social, political, and personal contexts.

Sexual Gratification

The experience of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, often resulting from sexual activity.