Prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury and distinct groups of self-injurers in a community sample of adolescents

Somer O., BİLDİK T., Kabukcu-Basay B., GÜNGÖR CULHA D., Basay O., Farmer R. F.

SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol.50, no.7, pp.1163-1171, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00127-015-1060-z
  • Journal Name: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1163-1171
  • Keywords: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), Latent class analysis, Adolescence, Suicide risk, Prevalence
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Adolescence is an important developmental period for the first onset of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), a behavior known to be associated with elevated suicide risk. Little is currently known, however, about NSSI among adolescents. The primary objectives of this research were to establish the prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in a representative sample of Turkish high school students and to identify and describe distinct subgroups of self-injurers.