ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Prevalence and Predictors of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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- The Prevalence of Self-injurious Behaviour in Autism: A Meta-analytic Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Pooled it
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- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Associated Factors and Management Difficulties.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Child and Family Characteristics as Predictors of the Severity of Self-injurious Behaviours in Autistic Children and Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Association between school bullying and self-harm in Chinese children and adolescents: the mediating role of mindfulness.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Emotional Reactions of Professionals to Challenging Behaviors in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Differences in self-harm among adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder: a gender-based approach].Revista de neurologia · 2024Article
- Childhood trauma, peer victimization, and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese adolescents: a latent variable mediation analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Non-suicidal self-injury and its relation to suicide through acquired capability: investigating this causal mechanism in a mainly late-diagnosed autistic sample.Molecular autism · 2022Article
- Assessment of medical morbidities in a rhesus monkey model of naturally occurring low sociality.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2021Article
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Incarcerated Adolescents: Prevalence, Personality, and Psychiatric Comorbidity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo find the prevalence as well as to identify the predictors as protective and risk factors of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
methodsIn this analytical cross sectional survey 83 children with ASD age range from 8 to 18 years were selected through convenient sampling technique from five special schools of Lahore city. The Urdu form of a standardized tool was used to assess NSSI.
resultsStatistical analysis indicated overall point prevalence of NSSI was 33%. Moreover banging/self-beating (47%), scratching (38), pinching (35%), picking scabs (33%), self-biting (32%), pulling hair (30%) and rubbing skin (19%) emerged as common forms of challenging behavior. Further regression analysis showed that age B(1.68*, P<.05), gender B(3.72, P<.001) and severity level of ASD B(1.85***, p<.0001) as risk factors/positive predictors of NSSI. However early intervention (-0.66***, P<.0001) and involvement of parents in counselling (-2.66*, P<.05) emerged as protective factors/negative predictors of NSSI among children with ASD.
conclusionNon-suicidal self-injury is a serious challenge among children with ASD. Early intervention, counselling and parental involvement in managing the children with ASD will not only prevent but reduce the challenging behaviors.
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