The objective of the qualitative study was to investigate the perceived competency of school counselors in working with at-risk students who engage in self-injury, and their use of professional standards to effectively navigate their intervention. Self-injury (SI) is a behavioral concern defined as the intentional injuring of body tissue without…

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased the risk of psychological distress among adolescents. Moreover, adolescents in 70 countries have suffered simultaneously from the COVID-19 pandemic and flood disasters. Research on the protective role of mindfulness on psychological distress is warranted; moreover, the practical needs…

The incidence of non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese vocational high school students is higher than in regular high school students. However, research on the factors associated with self-injury in this specific population remains limited. To address this, we created a network structure of self-injury among vocational students using network…

Digital self-harm, the anonymous online posting, sending, or otherwise sharing of hurtful content about oneself, has not received the same amount of scholarly scrutiny as other forms of self-directed abuse. In the current paper, we analyze three independent national surveys of U.S. teens (aged 13-17, M = 14.96) in repeat cross-sectional studies…

Students who do not graduate from high school in four years can choose to attend alternative high school programs. Students attending alternative schools have risk factors preventing them from being successful in traditional schools. Examples of risk factors include being over-age under-credit, parenting as teens, living in poverty, and managing…

Purpose: What is happening in the perceived world of young people who have non-suicidal self-injury? The answer to this question explains many quantitative research findings in the field of NSSI. The current qualitative research design is Husserl's descriptive phenomenology. Design/methodology/approach: The participants included 17-29-year-old…

This study aims to examine the mediating role of academic grit in the relationship between academic procrastination and academic self-handicapping behaviors of adolescents. In this context, the academic procrastination scale, academic grit scale and academic self-handicapping scale were applied to 512 high school students in Eskisehir. The…

This aim in this study was to examine self-injurious behaviour in terms of coping with stress and emotional regulation. The study sample included 527 students who volunteered for the study: 278 females (52.7%) and 249 males (47.2%) from six high schools. Permission was obtained from the high schools in the city centre of Trabzon, Turkey, for data…

Objective: We examined whether meaningful subgroups of self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) would emerge within a pool of first-year college students already deemed at elevated risk. Participants: First-year undergraduates (N = 1,068) recruited in 2015-2018 Fall terms. Methods: Past-year nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) frequency, past-year number of…

This study analyzed the individual and combined effects of bullying victimization and symptoms of depression and emotional problems on thoughts of self-harm in a sample of 112 middle and high school students from one school district located in the southeastern USA. Results indicate that youth who are victims of bullying had greater odds of…

This report provides data on health behaviors and experiences of high school students in the United States. Data highlight students' behaviors and experiences in 2023, changes from 2021 to 2023, and 10-year trends. The report focuses on: (1) Sexual behavior; (2) Substance use; (3) Experiences of violence; (4) Mental health; (5) Suicidal thoughts…

Background: Mental health is a priority for high schools, but extant programs often focus on symptom reduction rather than promoting adolescents' developmental assets. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine whether Art in Mind (AIM), a strengths-based after-school organized art activity tailored to fit the needs of adolescents with…

This study explored racial differences in internalizing and externalizing problems among minority adolescents in impoverished urban communities. The study centered on a sample of 211 participants who were engaged in the 2018 Building Resilience Against Violence Engagement (BRAVE) programs. Their internalizing and externalizing problems were…

Research on bullying victimization has expanded to specific forms of harassment based on discriminatory bias, which involve aggressive behavior targeting an individual's identity characteristics, such as sexual orientation and/or gender expression. Recent studies have documented elevated health risks associated with victimization based on…

Support from parents and school staff are important for adolescent well-being. However, few studies have examined the role of parental involvement and adult social support at school on high school students' mental health, specifically, suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). Data were collected from 362,980 high school students (51.85% female)…