Risk Factors for Deliberate Self-Harm Among College Students

This self-report study examined the risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students. Results indicated that insecure attachment, childhood separation, emotional neglect, sexual abuse, and dissociation were significant predictors of self-harm. Substantial gender differences in the risk f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of orthopsychiatry 2002-01, Vol.72 (1), p.128-140
Hauptverfasser:	Gratz, Kim L, Conrad, Sheree Dukes, Roemer, Lizabeth
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Attachment Behavior Biological and medical sciences Boston - epidemiology Child Abuse - psychology Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology Child Neglect College Students Colleges Cross-Sectional Studies Dissociation Early Experience Emotional Security Emotions Female Gender Health risk assessment Human Human Sex Differences Humans Life Change Events Male Medical sciences Mental health Mental illness Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Object Attachment Parent-Child Relations Personality Personality Inventory Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk Risk Factors Self Destructive Behavior Self-Injurious Behavior - epidemiology Self-Injurious Behavior - psychology Selfinjury Separation Anxiety Sex Differences Sexual Abuse Students Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Suicide
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Zusammenfassung:	This self-report study examined the risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students. Results indicated that insecure attachment, childhood separation, emotional neglect, sexual abuse, and dissociation were significant predictors of self-harm. Substantial gender differences in the risk factors for self-harm behavior were also revealed. Suggestions for future research are provided.
ISSN:	0002-9432 1939-0025
DOI:	10.1037/0002-9432.72.1.128