@article{ref1,
title="Lifetime and 12-month nonsuicidal self-injury and academic performance in college freshmen",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2016",
author="Kiekens, Glenn and Claes, Laurence and Demyttenaere, Koen and Auerbach, Randy P. and Green, Jennifer G. and Kessler, Ronald C. and Mortier, Philippe and Nock, Matthew K. and Bruffaerts, Ronny",
volume="46",
number="5",
pages="563-576",
abstract="We examined whether nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with academic performance in college freshmen, using census-based web surveys (N = 7,527; response = 65.4%). NSSI was assessed with items from the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview and subsequently linked with the administratively recorded academic year percentage (AYP). Freshmen with lifetime and 12-month NSSI showed a reduction in AYP of 3.4% and 5.9%, respectively. The college environment was found to moderate the effect of 12-month NSSI, with more strongly reduced AYPs in departments with higher-than-average mean departmental AYPs. The findings suggest that overall stress and test anxiety are underlying processes between NSSI membership and academic performance.<br><br>© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12237",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12237"
}