ArticleArchives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research
Why Is Non-suicidal Self-injury More Common in Women? Mediation and Moderation Analyses of Psychological Distress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Impulsivity.
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- Developmental cascades among self-harm, other-harm, and emotion dysregulation in adolescents: a longitudinal within-person analysis of gender differences.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Examining harsh parenting as a moderator in the association between childhood irritability and adolescent suicidal behaviors.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of Clinical Indicators for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts in the Emergency Department.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Reward-related neural activation during social media exposure in young women with non-suicidal self-injury: evidence for a continuum of severity in the reward network.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of deliberate self-poisoning in adolescents and factors associated with repeated self-poisoning and self-injury: a Sri Lankan perspective.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- The roles of negative mood, impulsivity, and executive dysfunction in non-suicidal self-injury behaviors among Chinese middle school students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Prevalence, incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years of self-harm and suicide mortality in the Middle East and North Africa: a sex-specific study based on Global Burden of Disease.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Clinical and psychological profiles of patients with different patterns of nonsuicidal self-injury.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Sex differences in the prevalence and risk factors of non-suicidal self-injury behaviors among adolescent outpatients with major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Similarities and differences in the functions of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) across gender non-conforming and cisgender young adults.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) appears to be more common among women than men, though the underlying reasons for this remain unclear. In a community sample of young adults (
methodsCross-sectional mediation and moderation analyses tested how self-reported psychological distress (K10), emotion dysregulation (DERS), and impulsivity (UPPS-P) may contribute to a higher prevalence of NSSI among women.
resultsWomen were twice as likely as men to report past-year NSSI (14.47% versus 7.78%, OR = 2.00, 95% CI [1.29, 3.13]). Women reported significantly higher psychological distress and significantly lower sensation seeking and positive urgency than men. Psychological distress partially statistically mediated the relationship between gender and past-year NSSI. Gender did not significantly moderate associations between psychological distress, emotion dysregulation, or impulsivity and past-year NSSI. Past-year NSSI prevalence did not significantly decrease with age and we found no significant age by gender interaction.
conclusionsGreater levels of NSSI in young women are partly explained by their greater levels of psychological distress, but not by differences in how men and women respond to this distress. Given similar levels of psychological distress, emotion dysregulation, and impulsivity, women and men are similarly likely to experience NSSI. HighlightsWomen aged 18-33 were significantly more likely to report past-year NSSI than menWomen's greater psychological distress contributed to their higher NSSI prevalenceVariables investigated here were similarly associated with NSSI in men and women.
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