@article{ref1,
title="Overweight of Adolescent Girls Is Associated with Self-Mutilative Behavior",
journal="Psychopathology",
year="2011",
author="Riala, K. and Juutinen, J. and Hakko, H. and Räsänen, P.",
volume="44",
number="3",
pages="147-151",
abstract="Background: The purpose of the present study was to examine the association of overweight with suicide ideation, self-mutilative behavior (SMB) and suicide attempts among underage psychiatric inpatient adolescents. Sampling and Methods: Data were collected from 439 adolescents (age = 12-17 years) admitted to psychiatric hospitalization between April 2001 and March 2006. Information on adolescents' suicidal behavior and psychiatric DSM-IV diagnoses was obtained by using the Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children. An adolescent was defined as overweight if his/her BMI exceeded the 85th percentile BMI in the age- and sex-matched Finnish population. Results: Compared to adolescents without overweight, a 2.5-fold likelihood for SMB was found among overweight girls, but not among boys. Conclusions: Low self-esteem, depression or dysfunctional emotion regulation may be possible mediating factors between overweight and SMB.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0254-4962",
doi="10.1159/000322085",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000322085"
}