TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Characteristics and unidimensionality of non-suicidal self-injury in a community sample of Spanish adolescents
JO  - Psicothema
A1  - Pérez, Sandra
A1  - Garcia-Alandete, Joaquín
A1  - Gallego, Blanca
A1  - Marco, José H.
SP  - 251
EP  - 258
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Few studies have explored the prevalence and unidimensional structure of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in Spanish adolescents. <br><br>METHOD: in this study, we estimated the prevalence, types, and functions of NSSI in 1,733 Spanish adolescents, and we tested the unidimensional factorial structure of non-suicidal self-injury. <br><br>RESULTS: 24.6% of the adolescents referred to having self-injured at least once during their lifetime, and 12.7% had self-injured using more severe methods of NSSI. The most frequent types of NSSI were interfering with wounds (14.6%), scratching (12.5%), and hitting (11.7%). We found no differences between genders in NSSI frequency. The majority of the participants who self-injured referred to intrapersonal functions. The confirmatory factor analyses of the ISAS-I structure showed a single factor with 10 items, thus supporting the unidimensionality of the construct of NSSI. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: NSSIs reflect difficulties in regulating emotions or managing interpersonal relationships in young Spanish people, and these behaviours seem to constitute a unique and latent dimension. Thus, there is a need for intervention programmes focused on managing problems of emotional regulation and maladaptive self-injury behaviours.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-9915
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2020.249
ID  - ref1
ER  -