ArticleRevista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)
Biting myself so I don't bite the dust: prevalence and predictors of deliberate self-harm and suicide ideation in Azorean youths.
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- Motivations for Self-Harm in Young People and Their Correlates: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on self-harming and suicidal behaviors in adolescents: A comprehensive meta-analysis.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: International Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation and Attempt in Youth.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Global Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of Suicidal Behavior, Deliberate Self-Harm and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Adolescents between 1989 and 2018: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Parental Psychological Control and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: A Chain Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The functional heterogeneity of non-suicidal self-injury: insights from latent profile analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Inventory among Portuguese Adolescents: Factor Structure and Gender Invariance.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Global trends in youth suicide from 1990 to 2020: an analysis of data from the WHO mortality database.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Psychological Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Ideation: A Study in an Adolescent Sample in an Insular Context.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Enhancing Role of Emotion Regulation in the Links between Early Positive Memories and Self-harm and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Psychosocial Factors and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated with Suicidality Risk in Chilean Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Cognitive Impairment in Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder With Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Evidence Based on Multi-indicator ERPs.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Development and Factorial Validation of the Inventory of Deliberate Self-Harm Behaviours for Portuguese Adolescents.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2019Article
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Abstract
objective: To characterize non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors, methods, and functions as well as suicide ideation in the adolescent population of a Portuguese community in São Miguel Island, Azores. Increasing rates of NSSI behaviors among adolescents have been observed globally, while suicidal behavior has been pointed as a major cause of death during adolescence.
methods: A sample of 1,763 adolescents, aged 14 to 22, was randomly drawn from public and private schools and administered a set of self-report questionnaires. Descriptive and regression analyses were used to look for specific relationships and predictors of NSSI and suicide ideation in this isolated community.
results: Approximately 30% of youths reported at least one NSSI behavior, a rate that is twice as high as most studies carried out in mainland Portugal and in other European countries. Biting oneself was the most frequent form of NSSI, and NSSI behaviors served predominantly automatic reinforcement purposes (i.e., regulation of disruptive emotional states). NSSI and suicide ideation encompassed different distal and proximal risk factors.
conclusions: Exploring and characterizing these phenomena is necessary to provide a better understanding, enhance current conceptualizations, and guide the development of more effective prevention and intervention strategies in youths.
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