Investigating the Impact of Lived Experience Stories on Self-Harm, Mood, and Help-Seeking Intentions: Web-Based Between-Participants Experimental Study in Individuals With Recent Self-Harm
While the inclusion of self-help strategies in a lived experience story reduced its impact on negative affect, the inclusion of self-help strategies or seeking help from others did not encourage help-seeking intentions. Making stories relatable, authentic, and providing multiple strategies for support might be key to encouraging help-seeking, but more research is needed.
Authors
- Jennifer Ferrar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-1382)
- Mars Becky
- Lucy Biddle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1090-8771)
- Lizzy Winstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-6087)
- Lydia Grace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2898-4120)
- Ian Penton-Voak
- Paul Moran
Institutions
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Human Factors
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/71280
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00