@article{ref1,
title="Examining sexual assault victimization and loneliness as risk factors associated with nonlethal self-harm behaviors in female college students: is it important to control for concomitant suicidal behaviors (and vice versa)?",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2016",
author="Chang, Edward C. and Lee, Jerin and Wright, Kaitlin M. and Najarian, Alexandria S-M and Yu, Tina and Chang, Olivia D. and Hirsch, Jameson K.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The present study examined sexual assault victimization and loneliness as predictors of self-harm behaviors in a sample of 224 female college students. <br><br>RESULTS from conducting regression analysis indicated that both sexual assault victimization and loneliness were unique and significant predictors of self-harm behaviors. This pattern remained even after controlling for concomitant suicidal behaviors. Interestingly, in a post hoc analysis predicting suicidal behaviors, it was found that loneliness, but not sexual assault victimization, was the only unique and significant predictor after controlling for self-harm behaviors. Some implications of the present findings for understanding self-harm behaviors in female college students and the importance of controlling for suicidal behaviors in studies of self-harm behaviors (and vice versa) are discussed.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260516675920",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516675920"
}