Connection Between Self-Harm Desire and Disability Identity

Determine whether self-harm desire experienced by people with disabilities after harassment in social virtual reality is connected to disability identity.

Background

The paper identifies self-harm desire as a rare but severe form of internalized harm arising after harassment in social virtual reality. Only two participants reported this experience, and the authors state that the available data were insufficient to establish whether self-harm desire is specifically connected to disability identity. Further research with broader and richer data is therefore needed to characterize this relationship.