ArticleJournal of abnormal child psychology2019
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: Longitudinal Associations with Psychological Distress and Rumination.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Trends in non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: A global cross-temporal meta-analysis, 2007-2023.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Sexual and Gender Minority Stress in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Engagement: A Meta-Analytic Review.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Examining the relationship between subtypes of rumination and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analytic review.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Nonsuicidal self-injury and rumination: A meta-analysis.Journal of clinical psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Abnormal Dynamic Functional Connectivity Within the Fronto-Limbic Network Mediates the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Family functioning and NSSI urges among college students: a moderated chain mediation model.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury scale - short form: revision and evaluation of its reliability and validity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Bidirectional Associations Between Cyberbullying Victimization, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Research progress on the characteristic features of non-suicidal self-injury addiction, neuroimaging correlates, and evidence-based interventions in adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Longitudinal effects of parent-child relationship quality on adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: the role of serotonergic multilocus genetic variation.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Visualized Analysis of Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Comorbidity Networks.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Gender-differentiated pathways from childhood trauma to self-injury: rumination as a mediator in depressed adolescents.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: Testing Directionality.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- NSSI contagion in adolescent friendships: exploring the impact of peer influence.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Alexithymia and self-injury functions as mediators between childhood maltreatment and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents with major depressive disorder.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Longitudinal relation between negative life events and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a digital self-harm measurement: a population-based study of adolescents in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Short-term effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on pain sensitivity, emotional and cognitive processes in non-suicidal self-injury: a randomised controlled trial.General psychiatry · 2025Article
- Validation of the Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Scar Cognition Scale (NSSI-SCS) in a Russian-Speaking Sample.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2025Article
- Risk of self-injurious behavior increases in adolescence: new findings.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) constitutes a significant mental health concern that is highly prevalent in adolescence. Theoretical accounts and empirical research suggest that, in the short-term, NSSI may provide instant relief from intense psychological distress and ruminative thoughts. However, much less is known about these associations over time throughout adolescence. Therefore, we designed a three-year longitudinal study and examined the bidirectional prospective associations between psychological distress, rumination, and NSSI. We assessed 528 secondary school students (at Time 1: Mean age = 15.0 years, SD = 1.85, range 11 to 19 years, 50.6% female, 98.7% of Belgian nationality) using self-report questionnaires at three annual measurement points. Cross-lagged structural equation modelling was performed to examine the directionality of associations. Results indicated positive bidirectional associations between (1) distress and NSSI; and positive unidirectional associations between (2) distress and rumination, and (3) NSSI and rumination. The current study embeds NSSI in a broader network of cognitive and emotional antecedents and consequents, and is the first to consider the long-term influence these components exert on each other. As NSSI may play a significant part in increasing distress and rumination, the behaviour potentially sustains a longer-term maladaptive cycle between emotion, cognition, and NSSI. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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