@article{ref1,
title="An investigation on self-harm episodes and their relationship with suicidal psychology and behaviors in 2713 college students",
journal="Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi",
year="2010",
author="Su, Pu-Yu and Hao, Jia-Hu and Huang, Zhao-Hui and Tao, Fang-Biao",
volume="",
number="12",
pages="1267-1271",
abstract="OBJECTIVE To investigate the episodes and influencing factors on self-harm and to explore the relationship between self-harm episodes and suicidal psychology and behaviors in college students. <br><br>METHODS Four universities were selected using cluster sampling method in Anqing city and Chaohu city. Totally, 2713 college students completed this survey. Data were analyzed by Pearson Chi-square and logistic regression. <br><br>RESULTS In the last six months, rates of highly lethal self-harm,less lethal self-harm with visible tissue damage, self-injury without visible tissue damage,self-harmful behaviors with latency damage, other self-harmful behaviors with menticide were 1.9%,5.5%, 15.3%, 21.2% and 17.0% respectively. The total rate of self-harm was 31.3%. 73.1% of the students with self harmful experiences had the above mentioned behaviors more than 3 times in the last six months. The top 3 reasons for taking self-harm actions were: having learning problems (43. 1% ), failed love affairs (25.0%) and having conflicts with others (23.9%). There were different influencing factors among different kinds of self-harm episodes. Depression was the risk factor of self-harm. The higher score of having high self-esteem was the protective factor of all kinds of self-harm actions except highly lethal ones. Higher score of difficulties in identifying feelings was one of the risk factors. The rates of suicidal psychology and behaviors in students with self-harm were significantly higher than those in students without those behaviors. Result from linear x2 test indicated that the graveness of tissue damage of self-harm was higher along with the rates of suicidal psychology and behaviors (P&#65308;0.01). <br><br>CONCLUSION Among 2713 college students, about 1/3adolescents having experienced self-harm in the last 6 months, many with repeated ones. Depression and difficulties in identifying feelings were the two risk factors while self-esteem was the protective factor related to most of the self-harm cases.<p /><p>Language: zh</p>",
language="zh",
issn="0254-6450",
doi="10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2010.11.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2010.11.015"
}