Early predictors of deliberate self-harm among adolescents. A prospective follow-up study from age 3 to age 15

Sourander, André; Aromaa, Minna; Pihlakoski, Leena; Haavisto, Antti; Rautava, Päivi; Helenius, Hans; Sillanpää, Matti

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.015

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“…Moreover, living in a divorced family at age 12 independently predicted future acts of deliberate self-harm (suicide, attempted suicide, NSSI and risk-taking behaviors) (Sourander, Aromaa, Pihlakoski, Haavisto, Rautava, Helenius, & Sillanpää, 2006). Secondly, socioeconomic status of the family is strongly related to family and adolescent well-being (Brown, 2004).…”

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Is Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Associated With Parenting and Family Factors?

Baetens

Claes

Martin

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The Journal of Early Adolescence

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The present study investigates the association of parenting and family factors with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in pre-adolescents. A sample of 1439 pre-adolescents and their parents were assessed by means of (a) adolescent-reported parenting behaviors (support and behavioral/psychological control), (b) parent-reported parenting behaviors (support and behavioral/psychological control) and parenting stress, and (c) parent-reported family structure, socioeconomic status (SES) of the family, family functioning, and family stressful life-events. The prevalence of NSSI was 4.82%. Pre-adolescents engaging in NSSI perceived more psychological and behavioral control from their parents. Logistic regression using parent-reported parenting behaviors as covariates showed a significant interaction between parent-reported support and behavioral control in relation to NSSI behaviors. No significant differences in parent-reported parenting stress and family structure emerged. Significant differences in parent-reported SES of families with and without self-injurious pre-adolescents were found. Finally, no significant associations appeared between the presence of NSSI and parent-reported family functioning and stressful life-events.

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Section: Family Variables Associated With Nssimentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Associated With Parenting and Family Factors?

Baetens

Claes

Martin

et al. 2013

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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“…But cuts and injuries elsewhere might not be. In a large prospective study of a representative Finnish birth cohort where DSH was measured by the item "I deliberately try to hurt or kill myself," parent-child agreement on DSH was low (Sourander et al 2006), suggesting that parents did not know about their children's DSH. At age 15, 38 girls admitted to DSH, but only 6 parents agreed (16%), and 9 boys admitted to DSH, but only 2 parents agreed (22%).…”

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Gestures of Despair and Hope: A View on Deliberate Self-harm From Economics and Evolutionary Biology

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A long-standing theoretical tradition in clinical psychology and psychiatry sees deliberate self-harm (DSH), such as wristcutting, as "functional"-a means to avoid painful emotions, for example, or to elicit attention from others. There is substantial evidence that DSH serves these functions. Yet the specific links between self-harm and such functions remain obscure. Why don't self-harmers use less destructive behaviors to blunt painful emotions or elicit attention? Economists and biologists have used game theory to show that, under certain circumstances, self-harmful behaviors by economic agents and animals serve important strategic goals. In particular, "costly signals" can credibly reveal a "private state" in situations where verbal claims and other "cheap" signals might be disbelieved. Here, DSH is scrutinized using signaling theory, and a variant, the theory of bargaining with private information. The social contexts and associated features of DSH suggest that it might be a costly, and therefore credible, signal of need that compels social partners to respond.

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“…In one study [18], self-reported depressive symptoms at the age of 8 were found to predict acts of self-harm 10 years later in a community-based sample of 2,348 boys. In another study [19], predictors at the age of 12 for acts of self-harm at the age of 15 were studied; the results showed that self-reported internalizing problems and somatic complaints, as well as parent-reported externalizing problems and aggressiveness, independently predicted selfreported acts of self-harm 3 years later.…”

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Perfectionism and Acceptance

Lundh

2004

Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

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The associations between depressive symptoms and deliberate self-harm were studied by means of a 2-wave longitudinal design in a community sample of 1052 young adolescents, with longitudinal data for 83.6% of the sample. Evidence was found for a bidirectional relationship in girls, with depressive symptoms being a risk factor for increased self-harm one year later and self-harm a risk factor for increased depressive symptoms. Cluster analysis of profiles of depressive symptoms led to the identification of two clusters with clear depressive profiles (one severe, the other mild/moderate) which were both characterized by an overrepresentation of girls and elevated levels of self-harm. Clusters with more circumscribed problems were also identified; of these, significantly increased levels of self-harm were found in a cluster characterized by negative self-image and in a cluster characterized by dysphoric relations to parents. It is suggested that self-harm serves more to regulate negative self-related feelings than sadness.

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Early predictors of deliberate self-harm among adolescents. A prospective follow-up study from age 3 to age 15

Cited by 123 publications

References 23 publications

Is Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Associated With Parenting and Family Factors?

Is Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Associated With Parenting and Family Factors?

Gestures of Despair and Hope: A View on Deliberate Self-harm From Economics and Evolutionary Biology

Perfectionism and Acceptance

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