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| Suicide and Self-Harm |
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| Brief report: The association between non-suicidal self-injury, self-concept and acquaintance with self-injurious peers in a sample of adolescents. |
| Claes L, Houben A, Vandereycken W, Bijttebier P, Muehlenkamp J. J Adolesc 2009; ePub(ePub): ePub. |
| Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. |
| DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.10.012 What is this? |
| PMID: 19910041 |
| (Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing) |
| The current study investigated the association between non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), self-concept and acquaintance with NSSI peers in a sample of 150 high school students (60% female) with a mean age of 15.56 (SD=2.00) years. Analyses showed that students with NSSI rated themselves lower on academic intelligence, physical attractiveness, social skills and emotional stability than their non-NSSI peers. The self-injurers also had more friends who engaged in NSSI, and having more NSSI acquaintances was negatively related to self-esteem. It could be that adolescents with lower self-esteem are more attracted to self-injuring peers, or that adolescents with low self-esteem are more vulnerable to copy NSSI to deal with their problems or to gain a certain identity in their peer group. Future studies must test these possible NSSI pathways.
Language: Eng |
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