@article{ref1,
title="Are tattoos an indicator of severity of non-suicidal self-injury behavior in adolescents?",
journal="Psychiatry investigation",
year="2019",
author="Solís-Bravo, Marco Antonio and Flores-Rodríguez, Yassel and Tapia-Guillen, Liliana Guadalupe and Gatica-Hernández, Aymara and Guzmán-Reséndiz, Miriam and Salinas-Torres, Luis Alberto and Vargas-Rizo, Tania Lucila and Albores-Gallo, Lilia",
volume="16",
number="7",
pages="504-512",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To compare adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury behavior and tattoos [NSSI (T+)] with another group with non-suicidal self-injury behavior without tattoos [NSSI (T-)]. <br><br>METHODS: Adolescents (n=438) 42.6% males from the community (M=12.3, SD=1.3), completed the Self-Injury Schedule. <br><br>RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of tattoos performed with the purpose to feel pain was 1.8%. Compared to the NSSI (T-) group, the NSSI (T+) group was significantly more likely to meet the DSM-5 frequency criteria of 5 self-injury events in 1 year, practice more than one method of self-injury, and topography, more suicidal intentionality, more negative thoughts and affective emotions before, during, and after self-injury and more academic and social dysfunction. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Adolescents from the community who practice tattooing to feel pain, show a distinct phenotype of NSSI. Health professionals and pediatricians should assess tattooing characteristics such as intention (to feel pain), frequency, and presence of non-suicidal self-injury behavior and suicide intentionality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1738-3684",
doi="10.30773/pi.2019.03.06",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2019.03.06"
}