TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Dissociation, self-cutting, and other self-harm behavior in a general population of Finnish adolescents
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Tolmunen, Tommi
A1  - Rissanen, Marja-Liisa
A1  - Hintikka, Jukka
A1  - Maaranen, Paivi
A1  - Honkalampi, Kirsi
A1  - Kylma, Jari
A1  - Laukkanen, Eila
SP  - 768
EP  - 771
VL  - 196
IS  - 10
N2  - A few studies on adult clinical samples have demonstrated that dissociation predicts self-harm behavior without intent to die. Furthermore, a similar association has been found from selected adolescent populations. However, no studies have been published on the association between dissociation and self-harm behavior in general populations of either adults or adolescents. We investigated whether a high level of dissociation predicts self-cutting or other self-harm behavior in a Finnish general population sample of 4019 adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years. Those with a high level of dissociation measured with the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale had a higher risk of current self-cutting and other self-harm behavior, even when adjusted for several possible confounding factors. Self-cutting adolescents had higher Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale scores than those displaying other kinds of self-harm behavior. These results indicate that a high level of dissociation is an independent risk factor for self-harm behavior in adolescents, and may have value both in clinical work and further research.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181879e11
ID  - ref1
ER  -