Adolescent Self-Injury Behavior Are the Intolerable Feelings, the Deliberate Self-Harm, and the Short Term Relief (Lesniak, 2006)
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ADOLESCENT FEMALES WHO SELF-INJURE BY CUTTING by Rhonda Goodman Lesniak A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida December 2008 Copyright by Rhonda Goodman Lesniak 2008 ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thank you, Patsy Goodman and the late W. R. Goodman, my parents, whose many sacrifices and hard work made possible the opportunities in my life. Thank you, Dr. James Lesniak, my husband of almost 33 years, for your love, support, and encouragement. Thank you to my children, Dr. Melissa, Lt. Dan, Matt, and Tess for giving me joy and inspiration. Thank you, Dr. Charlotte Barry, my dissertation chair, my mentor, my encourager, my teacher, my guide, and my dear friend. Thank you, Dr. Shirley Gordon and Dr. Mary Cameron, my committee members, for your thoughtful insight, expertise, and guidance. Thank you to Dr. Boykin, Dr. Dunphy, Dr. Baer, Dr. Thomas, Dr. McCaffery, Dr. Folden, Dr. Jett, Dr. Liehr, Dr. Locsin, Dr. Parker, Dr. Purnell, Dr. Smith, Dr. Chase, and Dr. Glendola Nash, the remarkable educators who guided my journey. Thank you to my students and research participants for trusting me with your stories. Keep dreaming, keep hoping, and love yourselves. Thank you, Josephine Paterson and Loretta Zderad, for a nursing theory that translates so beautifully into nursing research and nursing practice. I thank my God whose unwavering presence and love has sustained me all of my life, especially when it was least deserved.
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