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Off track or on? : Associations of positive and negative life events with the continuation versus cessation of repetitive adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury

Claréus, Benjamin LU and Daukantaité, Daiva LU (2023) In Journal of Clinical Psychology 79(11). p.2459-2477
Abstract
Objective: This study examined how patterns of repetitive (≥5 instances) nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) associate with measures of resilience and life events retrospectively reported to have occurred within the last year, 1 to Method: Life events reported by 557 young adults (mean [SD] age 25.3 [0.68]; 59.2% women) were classified as positive, negative, or profoundly negative based on their relationship to participants' mental health and well-being. We subsequently examined how these categories, together with resilience, were cross-sectionally associated with reporting no NSSI, and the (full/partial) cessation/continuation of repetitive NSSI from adolescence to young adulthood.
Results: Repetitive NSSI in adolescence was associated... (More)
Objective: This study examined how patterns of repetitive (≥5 instances) nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) associate with measures of resilience and life events retrospectively reported to have occurred within the last year, 1 to Method: Life events reported by 557 young adults (mean [SD] age 25.3 [0.68]; 59.2% women) were classified as positive, negative, or profoundly negative based on their relationship to participants' mental health and well-being. We subsequently examined how these categories, together with resilience, were cross-sectionally associated with reporting no NSSI, and the (full/partial) cessation/continuation of repetitive NSSI from adolescence to young adulthood.
Results: Repetitive NSSI in adolescence was associated with (profoundly) negative life events. Relative to cessation, NSSI continuation was significantly associated with more kinds of negative life events (odds ratio [OR] = 1.79) and fewer kinds of positive life events 1 to Conclusion: Resilience appears important for the cessation of repetitive NSSI, but contextual factors must still be considered. Assessing positive life events in future studies holds promise. (Less)
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life events, recovery, self-harm, self-injury, trajectory
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Journal of Clinical Psychology
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79
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11
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2459 - 2477
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • scopus:85159179159
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1097-4679
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10.1002/jclp.23533
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English
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  title        = {{Off track or on? : Associations of positive and negative life events with the continuation versus cessation of repetitive adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury}},
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