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Anchuri, Kavya; Davoren, Ann Kearns; Shanahan, Alanna; Torres, Matthew; Wilcox, Holly C. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To evaluate whether collegiate athletes and nonathlete college students differ in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and help-seeking behaviors. Participants: 165,210 respondents to the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment (NCHA), a survey administered to college…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Suicide, Psychological Patterns, Athletes
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Goodwin, Renee D.; Mocarski, Michelle; Marusic, Andrej; Beautrais, Annette – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
The association between thoughts of self-harm and help-seeking among youth with symptoms of depression was examined. Data were drawn from the Health Behavior of School-aged Children Study ("n" = 15, 686), a nationally representative sample of youth in the United States. Analyses focused on comparing help-seeking behaviors among youth…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Self Destructive Behavior, Injuries, Correlation
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Wyatt, Tammy; Oswalt, Sara B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2013
Background: Stress and other mental health issues can negatively impact the health and academic performance of college students. Purpose: Examine relationships among stress, mental health, and academic classification in a national sample of college students. Methods: Analyses utilized secondary data from 27 387 college students responding to the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Mental Health, Comparative Analysis
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Mojtabai, Ramin; Olfson, Mark – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
The rate and predictors of parental detection of youth self-harm behavior and relationship with help-seeking were examined in 7,036 parent-child dyads from the 1999 and 2004 surveys of Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain. Youth self-harm behavior was reported by 463 (6.6%) children and adolescents but only 190 (2.7%) of the…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Youth, Mental Health
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Whitlock, Janis L.; Powers, Jane L.; Eckenrode, John – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The 2 studies reported here use observational data from message boards to investigate how adolescents solicit and share information related to self-injurious behavior. Study 1 examines the prevalence and nature of these message boards, their users, and most commonly discussed topics. Study 2 was intended to explore the correlations between content…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Destructive Behavior, Internet, Incidence