Amanda Furlano

Specialized Honours Bachelors of Arts Psychology 2021
@yorkuniversity

Intending to pursue graduate studies in Clinical or Counselling psychology

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

Hello everyone, I am excited to present my specialized honour thesis conducted by the Research on Emerging Adults, Adolescents and Children (REACh) Lab at York University and supervised by Dr. Jennine Rawana. I look forward to answering your questions. #aoputc2020

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@amestoy_maya Hi Maya, that is a good question I did not really look into sex differences but that would definitely be something to look into possibly in a follow-up study really great point.

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

Hello everyone, I am excited to present my specialized honour thesis conducted by the Research on Emerging Adults, Adolescents and Children (REACh) Lab at York University and supervised by Dr. Jennine Rawana. I look forward to answering your questions. #aoputc2020

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@vanessaktassone Thanks for clarifying Vanessa, really great points

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@aoputc Great Question! Just to clarify when I said that 43% of participants did not respond, it means that there was no data entered by the participant when they were asked about their disclosure experience.

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@aoputc (3/3) What is also interesting is that most participants had reported that disclosing regardless of whom they disclosed to and whether the experience was positive or negative had reported they had felt better.

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@aoputc (2/3) Where adolescents on average reported they had one disclosure experience and emerging adults reported more than one disclosure experience.

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@aoputc (1/3) Thank you, to answer your question what is interesting to note is that I that found that emerging adults had a higher number of disclosure experiences compared to adolescents, retrospectively.

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@Jill73620650 (3/3)
Also, the study could provide valuable knowledge in terms of providing intervention strategies regarding suicidal and self-harm behaviours as it could be used as a guide to create NSSI psychoeducational and intervention programs.

[Amanda Furlano @AmandaFurlano]

@Jill73620650 By looking more into the disclosure process of NSSI it may also highlight where efforts are needed to combat potential barriers to disclosure. Such as providing support to those individuals that are most prevalently disclosed too.