Relationship Between Self‐Injurious Behaviors and Levels of Aggression in Children and Adolescents Who Were Subject to Medicolegal Examination,

Abstract

Aggression, which is defined as a behavior causing harm or pain, is a behavioral pattern typically expected in children and adolescents who are involved in criminal activities. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between aggression and self-injurious behavior (SIB) in children and adolescents. The study was performed in 295 cases which were sent for medicolegal examination. The mean age of the subjects was 14.27 ± 1.05 years (age range 10-18 years). The aggression levels of the subjects were determined using the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), which is an updated form of the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory. The mean total AQ score of the subjects with and without SIB was 78.04 ± 21.0 and 62.75 ± 18.05, respectively (p < 0.01). There were significant statistical differences between the two groups with respect to their subscale scores (p < 0.01). It was concluded that the levels of aggression increased in children and adolescents who were involved in criminal activities when the SIBs increased.

The relationship between nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior and manners of death: a multicenter autopsy study

“…In the literature, although some studies reported that there was no significant difference between the sexes in terms of NSSIB incidence (5,19,(38)(39)(40)(41)(42), some other studies reported that the incidence of NSSIB was higher in females (9,10,37,43). In our study, no statistically significant difference was found in sex distribution between the NSSIB (+) and NSSIB (-) groups.…”

“…Nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior (NSSIB) is defined as intentional harm to one's body without intentions of committing suicide (3)(4)(5)(6). The most common methods are self-cutting (70%-97%), self-hitting (21%-44%), selfburning (15%-35%), and severe scratching (4%-13%) Apart from direct methods such as self-biting, scratching, tissue plucking, burning, hitting, and compressing, there are also indirect NSSIB methods including overeating, undereating, substance use, and rejection of medical treatment (5,7,8). In some studies, it was noted that more than half of NSSIB cases involved more than one method (9)(10)(11)(12).…”

“…In some studies, it was noted that more than half of NSSIB cases involved more than one method (9)(10)(11)(12). It is estimated that 6% of the general population will engage in NSSIB at some point during their lifetime (5,7,(13)(14)(15). This percentage is higher in adolescents (13%-29%) (4)(5)(6)(16)(17)(18).…”

Automutilação em adolescentes: revisão integrativa da literatura

“…Outros sete trabalhos recrutaram as amostras em locais diversos 9,20,35,37,40,65,68 . De um modo geral, a concentração de estudos em escolas era esperada, uma 34,[36][37][38][39][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]62,63,[65][66][67][68][69]72,73,[74][75][76][77][78][79] , havendo oito que incluíram apenas adolescentes do sexo feminino 9,10,33,35,…”

“…Em relação ao delineamento metodológico, a maioria dos estudos apresentam métodos de natureza quantitativa 9-19,21-36,38-57,59-75,77-79 (67 artigos), sendo apenas dois artigos caracterizados como qualitativos 20,58 e 2 apresentando métodos mistos (quali-quantitativo) 37,76 . Dentre os estudos quantitativos, 56 apresentam delineamento transversal [9][10][11][12][14][15][16][17][18][19]21,22,[24][25][26]29,[32][33][34][35][36][38][39][40][41][42][44][45][46][47][48][49][51][52][53][54]56,[59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][68][69]…”