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Self-Harm and Conventional Gender Roles in Women
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Straiton, Melanie L.; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Grimholt, Tine K.; Dieserud, Gudrun – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
A total of thirty-two women admitted to a general hospital for medical treatment after self-harming completed measures of conventional positive and negative masculinity and femininity. Comparisons were made with two control groups with no self-harm history; 33 women receiving psychiatric outpatient treatment and a nonclinical sample of 206 women.…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Gender Differences, Self Destructive Behavior, Masculinity
Prevalence, Course, Incidence, and 1-Year Prediction of Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicide Attempts in Early Norwegian School Adolescents
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Larsson, Bo; Sund, Anne Mari – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
In this survey of early Norwegian school adolescents, the prevalence, course, and incidence of self-harm behavior with or without suicide intent were examined, in addition to predictors of self-harm for a 1-year follow-up period. Lifetime prevalence rates of self-harm without suicide intent and suicide attempts were 2.9% and 3.0%, respectively,…
Descriptors: Incidence, Self Destructive Behavior, Suicide, Early Adolescents
Predicting Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents: A Six Month Prospective Study
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O'Connor, Rory C.; Rasmussen, Susan; Hawton, Keith – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
Few studies have investigated the extent to which psychosocial/psychological factors are associated with the prediction of deliberate self-harm (DSH) among adolescents. In this study, 737 pupils aged 15-16 years completed a lifestyle and coping survey at time one and 500 were followed up six months later. Six point two percent of the respondents…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Adolescents, Self Destructive Behavior
Prevalence of Suicide Risk Factors and Suicide-Related Outcomes in the National Mental Health Study, Colombia
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Posada-Villa, Jose; Camacho, Juan Camilo; Valenzuela, Jose Ignacio; Arguello, Arturo; Cendales, Juan Gabriel; Fajardo, Roosevelt – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
A community survey in 4,426 adults was undertaken as part of the World Mental Health Survey Initiative reporting the prevalence and risk factors for suicide-related outcomes in Colombia. Lifetime prevalence estimates of suicide ideation, plans, attempts, and risk factors for suicide-related outcomes were assessed. Retrospective reports of…
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Mental Disorders
The Influence of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Depression Severity on Deliberate Self-Harm
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Slee, Nadja; Garnefski, Nadia; Spinhoven, Philip; Arensman, Ella – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Elaborating on previous studies on emotion regulation and deliberate self-harm (DSH), in the present study we distinguish between strategies of cognitive content (e.g., suicidal cognitions of perceived burdensomeness, helplessness, poor distress tolerance) and cognitive process (e.g., nonacceptance of emotional responses, lack of awareness of…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Females, Emotional Response, Severity (of Disability)
Self-Harmful Behaviors in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults
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Nada-Raja, Shyamala; Skegg, Keren; Langley, John; Morrison, Dianne; Sowerby, Paula – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004
A birth cohort of 472 women and 494 men aged 26 years was interviewed about a range of self-harmful behaviors first and then asked about suicidal intent.- Lifetime prevalence of self-harm using traditional methods of suicide (ICD [International Classification of Diseases] self-harm) was 13%, with 9% of the sample describing at least one such…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior, Predictor Variables
The Association between Life Events and Suicide Intent in Self-Poisoners with and without a History of Deliberate Self-Harm: A Preliminary Study
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Crane, Catherine; Williams, J. Mark. G.; Hawton, Keith; Arensman, Ella; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Bille-Brahe, Unni; Corcoran, Paul; De Leo, Diego; Fekete, Sandor; Grad, Onja; Haring, Christian; Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.; Lonnqvist, Jouko; Michel, Konrad; Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Schmidtke, Armin; van Heeringen, Cornelius; Wasserman, Danuta – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Correlation, Self Destructive Behavior
Self-Destructive Behavior in People with Dissociative Disorders.
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Saxe, Glenn N.; Chawla, Neharika; Van der Kolk, Bessel – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Study assesses self-destructive behavior in a group of inpatients who have dissociative disorders compared to those who report few dissociative symptoms. Results reveal that these patients more frequently engage in self-destructive behaviors, use more methods of self-injury, and begin to injure themselves at an earlier age then patients who do not…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Mental Disorders, Predictor Variables, Self Destructive Behavior
Minor Self-Harm and Psychiatric Disorder: A Population-Based Study
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Skegg, Keren; Nada-Raja, Shyamala; Moffit, Terrie E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004
Little is known about the extent to which minor self-harm in the general population is associated with psychiatric disorder. A population-based sample of 980 young adults was interviewed independently about past-year suicidal and self-harm behavior and thoughts, and psychiatric disorders. Self-harm included self-harmful behaviors such as…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Young Adults, Mental Disorders, Psychological Patterns
Toward a Predictive Model of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: Some Preliminary Data in College Students.
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Bonner, Ronald L.; Rich, Alexander R. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1987
Examined the relationship of various interpersonal, emotional, and cognitive variables to suicidal ideation and behavior in college students. Used self-report measures of life stress, faulty cognitions, loneliness, depression, hopelessnesss, family cohesiveness, adaptive reasons for living, and suicidal ideation and behavior. Developed a…
Descriptors: Alienation, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Schizophrenia and Deliberate Self-Harm: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors
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Haw, Camilla; Hawton, Keith; Sutton, Lesley; Sinclair, Julia; Deeks, Jonathan – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a strong predictor of suicide in schizophrenia. The aim of this review was to identify risk factors for DSH in schizophrenia. This systematic review of the international literature examined cohort and case-control studies of patients with schizophrenia or related diagnoses that reported DSH as an outcome. Studies were…
Descriptors: Patients, Risk, Schizophrenia, Drug Abuse
Suicidal Behavior among "Normal" High School Students.
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Smith, Kim; Crawford, Sylvia – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1986
Focuses on suicidal behaviors among 313 high school students. Provides a linchpin between studies of adolescent suicide attempt rates and studies reporting on percentages of adolescents who made suicide attempts. Suicide is a personal concern for most high school students, with 62.6% reporting some degree of suicidal ideation or action.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Depression (Psychology), High School Students
Belief in the Inevitability of Suicide: Results from a National Survey
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Miller, Matthew; Azrael, Deborah; Hemenway, David – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
To examine public opinion regarding the effectiveness of means restriction as an approach to preventing suicide we asked a national sample of 2,770 respondents a hypothetical question about what effect a suicide barrier might have had on the ultimate fate of the more than 1,000 people who have jumped to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Suicide, National Surveys, Public Opinion
Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression, Rumination, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Ideation: Multiple Pathways to Self-Injurious Thinking
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Smith, Jeannette M.; Alloy, Lauren B.; Abramson, Lyn Y. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
In order to advance the detection and prevention of suicide, recent research has focused on predictors of suicidal ideation and behavior such as negative cognitive styles, dysfunctional attitudes, hopelessness, and rumination. In this study the relationships among these risk factors in the context of the Attention Mediated Hopelessness (AMH)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Depression (Psychology), Psychological Patterns, Suicide