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Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample

INTRODUCTION: Adolescents with psychiatric problems are also considered a vulnerable population in terms of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). In the current study, we examined the associations of interpersonal and intrapersonal NSSI motivations with several NSSI severity indicators and psychopatholog...

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Autores principales: Reinhardt, Melinda, Rice, Kenneth G., Horváth, Zsolt
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36532173
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1046576
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description INTRODUCTION: Adolescents with psychiatric problems are also considered a vulnerable population in terms of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). In the current study, we examined the associations of interpersonal and intrapersonal NSSI motivations with several NSSI severity indicators and psychopathological characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional research design, 158 adolescents (83.5% girls; mean age = 16.10 years; SD = 1.49) who have received inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment completed the Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Self-Critical Rumination Scale. RESULTS: More than two-thirds of the sample (75.3%; n = 119) reported at least one episode of NSSI in their life, and 45.38% (n = 54) have engaged in NSSI in the past month (current self-injury). The results indicated that only intrapersonal NSSI functions were linked to NSSI severity indicators (current and repetitive NSSI, versatility), interpersonal functions were not. Furthermore, a number of psychopathological features (co-occurring mental disorders, presence of a mood disorder, more internalizing mental illness symptoms, and more pronounced self-critical rumination) were associated with engaging in NSSI for intrapersonal reasons. We also identified other differences within the specific intrapersonal NSSI motivations. It should be highlighted that the anti-suicide function of NSSI behaved in exactly the opposite way as the other intrapersonal motivations. DISCUSSION: All this points to the fact that in clinical settings, detailed assessment of NSSI motivations and severity indicators can help to develop a more effective treatment plan.
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spelling pubmed-97519322022-12-16 Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample Reinhardt, Melinda Rice, Kenneth G. Horváth, Zsolt Front Psychiatry Psychiatry INTRODUCTION: Adolescents with psychiatric problems are also considered a vulnerable population in terms of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). In the current study, we examined the associations of interpersonal and intrapersonal NSSI motivations with several NSSI severity indicators and psychopathological characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional research design, 158 adolescents (83.5% girls; mean age = 16.10 years; SD = 1.49) who have received inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment completed the Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Self-Critical Rumination Scale. RESULTS: More than two-thirds of the sample (75.3%; n = 119) reported at least one episode of NSSI in their life, and 45.38% (n = 54) have engaged in NSSI in the past month (current self-injury). The results indicated that only intrapersonal NSSI functions were linked to NSSI severity indicators (current and repetitive NSSI, versatility), interpersonal functions were not. Furthermore, a number of psychopathological features (co-occurring mental disorders, presence of a mood disorder, more internalizing mental illness symptoms, and more pronounced self-critical rumination) were associated with engaging in NSSI for intrapersonal reasons. We also identified other differences within the specific intrapersonal NSSI motivations. It should be highlighted that the anti-suicide function of NSSI behaved in exactly the opposite way as the other intrapersonal motivations. DISCUSSION: All this points to the fact that in clinical settings, detailed assessment of NSSI motivations and severity indicators can help to develop a more effective treatment plan. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9751932/ /pubmed/36532173 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1046576 Text en Copyright © 2022 Reinhardt, Rice and Horváth. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Reinhardt, Melinda
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Horváth, Zsolt
Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
title Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
title_full Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
title_fullStr Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
title_full_unstemmed Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
title_short Non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
title_sort non-suicidal self-injury motivations in the light of self-harm severity indicators and psychopathology in a clinical adolescent sample
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36532173
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1046576
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