Citation

Boxer P. J. Clin. Child Adolesc. Psychol. 2010; 39(4): 470-480.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Rutgers University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15374416.2010.486302

PMID

20589559

PMCID

PMC2914098

Abstract

This study employs a framework adopted in 2008 by Jacobson, Muehlenkamp, Miller, and Turner to explore differences in risk and treatment factors in a sample of 476 adolescent inpatients grouped with relation to their involvement in deliberately self-harmful (DSH) behavior. Participants were assigned to groups indicating no DSH, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) only, suicide attempts (SA) only, and NSSI + SA. Groups were compared with respect to their status on a variety of background risk factors (e.g., maltreatment, presenting psychopathology, family history) and in-treatment behaviors (e.g., critical incidents resulting from self-injurious gestures) linked to DSH. Findings generally supported the conclusions drawn by Jacobson et al. in terms of the overall severity of youth exhibiting NSSI + SA, with some important similarities observed between the NSSI-only and NSSI + SA groups.

Language: en