Current status of nonsuicidal injuries and associated factors among junior high school students in Hainan Province, China: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC Psychology 2023-07, Vol.11 (1), p.199-199, Article 199
• Main Authors: Ma, Siying, Su, Zhaoxia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Agricultural production; Anxiety; Child; Child psychopathology; Children; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression, Mental; Diagnosis; Emotional regulation; Emotions; Female; Graduate students; Humans; Injuries; Interpersonal relations; Junior high school students; Male; Middle schools; Nonsuicidal self-injury; Parenting; Personal relationships; Psychological aspects; Psychologists; Psychology; Psychopathology; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Sample size; Secondary school students; Secondary schools; Self destructive behavior; Self evaluation; Self-Injurious Behavior - epidemiology; Self-Injurious Behavior - psychology; Students - psychology; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers
• ISSN: 2050-7283; 2050-7283
• DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01227-x

To summarize the general status of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviour and the characteristics of junior high school students and to determine the risk factors associated with NSSI behaviour. Five middle schools in the rural and urban areas of Hainan Province were randomly selected for this cross-sectional study, and junior high school students were administered questionnaires, including the General Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Ottawa Self-Injury Scale, Anxiety Self-Rating Scale, Depression Self-Rating Scale, Adolescent Lifestyle Scale, and Parenting Style Scale. The NSSI rate among junior high school students in Hainan Province was 28.9%, with a higher prevalence among girls than boys (P