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Prevalence and correlates of non-suicidal self-injury among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
- Emotion Regulation Differences Between Gender and Sexuality Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of post-traumatic stress disorders among LGBTQI+ adults: a systematic literature review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Sexual and Gender Minority Stress in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Engagement: A Meta-Analytic Review.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the global prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in LGBTIQ+ people: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Everyday Sexual and Gender Minority Stress and Health: A Systematic Review of Experience Sampling Studies.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Relationships between internalized stigma and depression and suicide risk among queer youth in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- The roles of school in supporting LGBTQ+ youth: A systematic review and ecological framework for understanding risk for suicide-related thoughts and behaviors.Journal of school psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Social media use and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2021Pooled it
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- Implementation of Mobile Health Intervention Targeting Belongingness and Burdensomeness: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors in LGBTQ+ Individuals.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Trial
- A socially assistive robot to support mental wellbeing in LGBTQ+ young people at risk of self-harm: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
- Alcohol use prior to episodes of nonsuicidal self-injury in women with borderline personality disorder participating in a randomized clinical trial of dialectical behavior therapy.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Trial
- Treatment of Youth with Trauma and Gender Incongruence: A Call for Clinical Integration.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Examining stressful life experiences as risk factors for self-injurious behaviors as a function of sexual minority status in adults.Journal of traumatic stress · 2026Article
- Prevalence, Risk Factors and Correlates of Deliberate Self-Harm Behaviors in Bangladesh: A Narrative Review of Cross-Sectional Studies (1995-2025).Health science reports · 2026Article
- Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: A Scoping Review.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Review
- Bullying and co-occurring psychological distress, self-harm and attempted suicide in adolescents - health inequalities by sexual identity.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Differential Impacts of Childhood and Adulthood Sexual Violence on Social Inclusion, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, and Health Outcomes Among Asexual Young Adults.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- What predicts suicidality among people who self-injure? Evidence for acquired capability via pain habituation and NSSI severity.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Trajectories of Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behavior: Risk and Resiliency Among Cisgender and Gender Diverse Youth.JAACAP open · 2026Article
29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The current review presents a meta-analysis of the existing empirical literature on the prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, as well as on correlates of NSSI within sexual and gender minority populations. Eligible publications (n = 51) were identified through a systematic search of PsycINFO, MEDLINE, and Embase, supplemented by a search of references of prior reviews on this topic. NSSI prevalence rates were quite elevated among sexual (29.68% lifetime) and gender (46.65% lifetime) minority individuals compared to heterosexual and/or cisgender peers (14.57% lifetime), with transgender (46.65% lifetime) and bisexual (41.47% lifetime) individuals being at greatest risk. Even among these group findings, sexual minority youth emerged as an especially vulnerable population. Moreover, current evidence suggests these rates and differences between LGBT and heterosexual and/or cisgender peers have not declined over time. These findings may in some measure be due to the existence of LGBT-specific risk correlates combined with general risk correlates being more severe among sexual and gender minority populations. Additional research, particularly employing a longitudinal design, is needed in this area to advance efforts to reduce risk for NSSI among sexual and gender minority individuals.
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