@article{ref1,
title="Deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old adolescents: A pilot study with a modified version of the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2007",
author="Lundh, Lars-Gunnar and Karim, Jessica and Quilisch, Eva",
volume="48",
number="1",
pages="33-41",
abstract="The purpose of the present study was to investigate the rate of deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old Swedish adolescents, gender differences in this behavior, and possible associations with self-esteem and mindfulness. For this purpose, we developed a simplified version of Gratz's (2001) Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI), and carried out a pilot study with 123 adolescents from three different schools in southern Sweden. The results showed that 65.9% of the adolescents reported having engaged in some kind of deliberate self-harm at least once; 41.5% reported at least one kind of self-harm more than once; and 13.8% reported at least one kind of deliberate self-harm behavior &quot;many times&quot;. Although there were no overall gender differences in self-harm, the girls reported significantly more of cutting wrists, arms and other body areas than the boys. High rates of deliberate self-harm were associated with low self-esteem and low mindfulness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00567.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00567.x"
}