@article{ref1,
title="Self-harm and aggression in Chinese early adolescents: their co-occurrence and the role of bullying victimization",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2022",
author="Xiong, Yuke and Wei, Yi and Wang, Yue and Zhang, Hang and Yang, Liu and Ren, Ping",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Self-harm and aggression increase markedly during early adolescence. However, few studies considered these harmful behaviors simultaneously. This study employed a person-centered approach to identify profiles of adolescents who differed in their patterns of self-harm, reactive aggression, and proactive aggression, examined the stability of these patterns, and explored the effect of bullying victimization on latent profile membership and transition. A total of 2463 early adolescents (48.8% girls, M(age) = 13.93 ± 0.59) participated in two waves of the study over six months. The results indicated that low symptoms profile (80.4%), moderate aggression profile (14.2%), high aggression profile (3.0%), and high self-harm profile (2.4%) were identified at time 1, and low symptoms profile (82.1%), dual-harm profile (7.6%), high aggression profile (7.7%), and high self-harm profile (2.6%) were identified at time 2. Adolescents assigned to at-risk profiles showed moderate to high transition, suggesting the developmental heterogeneity of self-harm and aggression. Moreover, adolescents high in bullying victimization were more likely to belong or transition to at-risk profiles. The findings revealed the co-occurring and transitional nature of self-harm and aggression and the transdiagnostic role of bullying victimization, which can be used to guide prevention and intervention strategies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-022-01620-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01620-6"
}