TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - An exploration of the relationship between interpersonal needs and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents
JO  - The social work practitioner-researcher
A1  - Reyneke, A.
A1  - Naidoo, S.
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VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - Nonsuicidal self-injury has become a worrying phenomenon among adolescents worldwide, emphasising the need for increasing public health awareness and exploration of the factors associated with this behaviour. This study was framed using Joiner's Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Nock and Prinstein's four-function model of nonsuicidal self-injury. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the interpersonal needs constructs of Joiner's theory and nonsuicidal self-injury and is motivated by the need to explore the contagion of self-injury. A cross-sectional convenience sampling method was used to obtain a sample of 216 adolescents, who were recruited from four schools in the greater Durban area, South Africa. Regression analyses were performed to establish whether a relationship exists between the interpersonal needs constructs and nonsuicidal self-injury. The results indicated a positive relationship between perceived burdensomeness and the occurrence of nonsuicidal self-injury in this sample, thereby illuminating thwarted interpersonal needs as a contributor to the occurrence of nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents. © Unisa Press 2020<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2415-5829
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2708-9355/7640
ID  - ref1
ER  -