Frequency of Exposure to and Engagement in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Inpatient Adolescents

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between frequency of exposure to non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and engagement in NSSI among adolescents. Ninety inpatient adolescents with a history of NSSI, ages 12 to 17, completed a structured interview. The majority of participants had learned about NSSI prior to initiating the behavior themselves. More frequent exposure to specific methods of NSSI was associated with greater frequency of using those same methods. Greater exposure to NSSI in the media and seeking out NSSI content were related to greater frequency of engagement in NSSI. Clinicians may help those who self-injure to become more knowledgeable and educated consumers of media to prevent NSSI behavior and contagion.

Examining the scope and patterns of deliberate self-injurious cutting content in popular social media

“…Findings are consistent with those identified in related research documenting the scope of depictions of self‐injury in other forms of new media (Whitlock et al., ) and are of particular interest given the modern prominence of SNS platforms (OFCOM, ; Pew Research, , enter) and evidence linking NSSI exposure to subsequent engagement in NSSI (Deliberto, & Nock, ; Hasking, and Rose, ; Heath et al., ; Nixon et al., ). Exposure to NSSI in the media is related to greater frequency of NSSI engagement, and those already engaging in NSSI are more likely to seek out online NSSI content (Zhu et al., ). The present findings are particularly concerning given that suicide attempters more readily and implicitly associate self‐injury images with themselves (Nock, & Banaji, ).…”

Exposure to and experience of self-harm and self-harm related content: An exploratory network analysis

“…The absence of evidence for a relationship between exposure to self-harm via friends and family, and participants' own self-harm thoughts and behaviours, is surprising, given the strong association to individuals' own self-harm thoughts and behaviours found in previous studies (e.g. McMahon et al, 2013;Muehlenkamp et al, 2008;O'Connor et al, 2014;Wetherall et al, 2018;Zhu et al, 2016). Previous research has rarely investigated exposure to self-harm through friends and family alongside other exposure mediums, meaning the potential role of other types of exposure within this relationship has not been extensively examined.…”

“…Being exposed has been associated with individuals' own self-harm behaviours (McMahon, Corcoran, Keeley, Perry, & Arensman, 2013;Muehlenkamp, Hoff, Licht, Azure, & Hasenzahl, 2008;O'Connor, Rasmussen, & Hawton, 2014), non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviours (Muehlenkamp, Hoff, Licht, Azure, & Hasenzahl, 2008;Zhu et al, 2016), suicidal thoughts and behaviours (Wetherall et al, 2018) and suicide attempts (Chan et al, 2018;Kimbrel et al, 2016;Mars et al, 2014;Mars et al, 2019). Exposure to suicide attempts and deaths via friends and family is not uncommon and estimates from a meta-analysis suggest that approximately 22% of individuals have been exposed to suicide via friends and/or family at some point within their lifetime (Andriessen, Rahman, Draper, Dudley, & Mitchell, 2017).…”

Интернет И Самоповреждения Подростков: Кто Виноват – Что Делать

“…Adolescents with a risk of NSSH are more active in social networks than their peers without self-harming behaviors [10,11,12]. Structured according to the "List of allegations about NSSH" [12], a survey of 90 hospital patients aged 12-17 in the USA [13] revealed a https://суицидология.рф/ Научно-практический журнал Том 10, № 3 (36), 2019 Суицидология 5 причём 90% респондентов одобряли НС до его совершения [14]. В поперечном исследовании около 400 тайваньских школяров 13-18 лет [15] при вдвое бòльшей частоте НС дев, интенсивное общение в Сети увеличило риск НС именно юношей.…”

“…Показателен анализ содержания 100 наиболее просматриваемых (у 80% доступ не ограничен возрастом) видео в YouTube, согласно поисковому слову «самоповреждение» [20]. Фактический средний возраст скачивающих менее 14 лет при указанных 25 greater interest to NSSH in social networks that increases the risk of taking corresponding actions, more often self-cuts (> 80% of participants), and 90% of respondents approved the NSSH before its completion [14]. A cross-sectional study of about 400 Taiwanese schoolchildren aged 13-18 [15] discovered that the frequency of NSSH is twice as high in females, however, intensive communication on the Web tend to increase the risk of NSSH in young males.…”