Deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old adolescents: A pilot study with a modified version of the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory
(2007) In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 48(1). p.33-41- Abstract
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate the rate of deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old Swedish adolescents, gender differences in this behavior, and possible associations with self-esteem and mindfulness. For this purpose, we developed a simplified version of Gratz's (2001) Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI), and carried out a pilot study with 123 adolescents from three different schools in southern Sweden. The results showed that 65.9% of the adolescents reported having engaged in some kind of deliberate self-harm at least once; 41.5% reported at least one kind of self-harm more than once; and 13.8% reported at least one kind of deliberate self-harm behavior "many times". Although there were no overall gender differences... (More)
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate the rate of deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old Swedish adolescents, gender differences in this behavior, and possible associations with self-esteem and mindfulness. For this purpose, we developed a simplified version of Gratz's (2001) Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI), and carried out a pilot study with 123 adolescents from three different schools in southern Sweden. The results showed that 65.9% of the adolescents reported having engaged in some kind of deliberate self-harm at least once; 41.5% reported at least one kind of self-harm more than once; and 13.8% reported at least one kind of deliberate self-harm behavior "many times". Although there were no overall gender differences in self-harm, the girls reported significantly more of cutting wrists, arms and other body areas than the boys. High rates of deliberate self-harm were associated with low self-esteem and low mindfulness. (Less)
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- Lundh, Lars-Gunnar LU ; Karim, Jessica and Quilisch, Eva
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- 2007
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- deliberate self-harm, mindfulness, self-esteem, adolescents
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- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- volume
- 48
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 33 - 41
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- wos:000243637600005
- scopus:33846471760
- pmid:17257367
- ISSN
- 1467-9450
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00567.x
- language
- English
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- yes
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