Psychological characteristics of self-harming behavior in Korean adolescents

Highlights • Adolescents engage in self-harming behavior to cope with psychological distress. • Peer victimization is correlated with suicidal ideation and Non Suicidal Self-Injury. • Attention to adolescents’ self-harming behavior may prevent psychological problems.

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2016-10, Vol.23, p.119-124
Main Author: Lee, Woo Kyeong, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic stress
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - ethnology
Alexithymia
Bullying
Depression
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Psychiatry
Republic of Korea - ethnology
Self-harming behavior
Self-Injurious Behavior - ethnology
Stress, Psychological - ethnology
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Summary:Highlights • Adolescents engage in self-harming behavior to cope with psychological distress. • Peer victimization is correlated with suicidal ideation and Non Suicidal Self-Injury. • Attention to adolescents’ self-harming behavior may prevent psychological problems.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2016.07.013