ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2023
Prevalence of engagement and frequency of non-suicidal self-injury behaviors in adolescence: an investigation of the longitudinal course and the role of temperamental effortful control.
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- Examining the role of suicide crisis syndrome between nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation in adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Hurt Others or Hurt Self? Reciprocal Relations Among Neuroticism and Bullying Perpetration/Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Over Time.Aggressive behavior · 2026Article
- Acceptance-Based and ACT-Informed Interventions for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Mapping the Network Structure of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: The Role of Emotional and Interpersonal Vulnerability and Attachment in Spanish Adolescents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Accelerated Magnetic Seizure Therapy for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents With Bipolar Depression.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Differential pathways from childhood maltreatment types to non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depressive disorders: a serial mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- From brain to behavior: Psychological resilience mediates associations between whole-brain resting-state connectivity and NSSI.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Maternal History of Major Depression, Social Support from Peers, and Children's Risk for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- The dynamic relationships between fear of negative evaluations, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents: a mediated latent growth model.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Risk of self-injurious behavior increases in adolescence: new findings.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Self-Injurious Behavior in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Units: Actual Aspects of the Complex Care Provision.Acta medica Lituanic · 2024Article
- You're not alone: imagery rescripting for adolescents who self-harm.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Associations Between Temperament and Self-Oriented, Other-Oriented, and Dual-Harmful Behaviors in Emerging Adults.Psychologica Belgica · 2024Article
- Zero Suicide Quality Improvement: Developmental and Pandemic-Related Patterns in Youth at Risk for Suicide Attempts.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between Nonsuicidal Self-injury and Attachment: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Gender and Age Influence on Emergency Department Visits for Non-Suicidal Self-Injuries in School Aged Children in Italy: An 11 Years Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Association between life events, anxiety, depression and non-suicidal self-injury behavior in Chinese psychiatric adolescent inpatients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is among the most frequent maladaptive behaviors reported in adolescence, with prevalence rates around 18-22% in community samples worldwide. The onset of NSSI typically occurs between early and middle adolescence, with a peak during middle adolescence (14-15 years) and a subsequent decline during late adolescence. This study investigated the growth curves of NSSI across four years during adolescence, analyzing simultaneously the probability of engagement in NSSI at least once (i.e., prevalence) and the frequency of engagement once initiated (i.e., severity). Furthermore, the study examined the predicting role of effortful control on NSSI over time (time-varying effects), net of other key risk factors for NSSI, such as anxiety-depression and bullying victimization. A sample of 430 Italian adolescents enrolled in Grade 9 at baseline was involved in the study. Based on the Latent Growth Curve Zero-inflated Poisson methodology, the results indicated a negative quadratic trend of both NSSI prevalence, with an increase between T1 and T3 followed by a decrease in the subsequent wave, and NSSI frequency once initiated, with a peak at T2 followed by a decline over time. The results also showed that adolescents who reported low effortful control abilities had a heightened probability of involvement in NSSI at each time point, whereas no significant association was found with NSSI frequency once initiated. Findings from this study offer important insights into the developmental course of NSSI and point out the need for future in-depth investigations of the mechanisms that might underlie NSSI prevalence and severity throughout adolescence.
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