TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - 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)?
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Chang, Edward C.
A1  - Lee, Jerin
A1  - Wright, Kaitlin M.
A1  - Najarian, Alexandria S-M
A1  - Yu, Tina
A1  - Chang, Olivia D.
A1  - Hirsch, Jameson K.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516675920
ID  - ref1
ER  -