Predictors of non-suicidal and suicidal self-injurious behaviours, among adolescents and young adults in urban India

Highlights • The rates of self-injurious behaviours, among adolescents and young adults in urban India, were studied. • Rates of self-reported non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour (33.8%,) and self-injurious acts with associated suicidal intent (6.8%). • Predictors of any self-injury: male, youth b...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2017-10, Vol.29, p.123-128
Main Authors: Bhola, Poornima, Manjula, Munivenkatappa, Rajappa, Vanitha, Phillip, Mariamma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Externalizing problems
Female
Humans
India
Internal Medicine
Internalizing problems
Male
Non-suicidal self-injury
Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Self Report
Self-Injurious Behavior - psychology
Suicidal Ideation
Suicidal intent
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Urban Population
Young Adult
Youth
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Summary:Highlights • The rates of self-injurious behaviours, among adolescents and young adults in urban India, were studied. • Rates of self-reported non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour (33.8%,) and self-injurious acts with associated suicidal intent (6.8%). • Predictors of any self-injury: male, youth below 18 years, internalizing and externalizing problems in borderline/clinical range. • Predictors of self-injury with suicidal intent: female, more methods, higher pain, internalising problems in borderline/clinical range.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2017.04.024