Why Do Adolescents Self-Harm?

Why do adolescents self-harm? An investigation of motives in a community sample

Digital Self-Harm Among Adolescents.

PURPOSE Despite increased media and scholarly attention to digital forms of aggression directed toward adolescents by their peers (e.g., cyberbullying), very little research has explored digital aggression directed toward oneself. "Digital self-harm" is the anonymous online posting, sending, or otherwise sharing of hurtful content about oneself. The current study examined the extent of digital ...

Deliberate self-harm in adolescents: comparison between those who receive help following self-harm and those who do not.

This international comparative study addresses differences between adolescents who engage in deliberate self-harm (DSH) and who receive help following the DSH episode versus those who do not. A standardised self-report questionnaire was completed by pupils aged 14-17 in Australia, Belgium, England, Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Norway (n=30,532). An act of DSH in the year prior to the ...

Deliberate self-harm and suicide in adolescents.

Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a widespread yet often hidden problem in adolescents and young adults. Though most DSH can be classified as "non-suicidal self-cutting", some do go on to commit suicide. In this paper, deliberate self-harm is examined, including its prevalence, etiology, management, and future research directions using self-cutting and self-burning as examples. This article reviews...

Coping strategies in adolescents who self-harm.

BACKGROUND Adolescent self-harm (SH) is a major public health concern, associated with poor outcomes. The use of ineffective coping is often referred to in explanatory models of adolescent SH. AIMS To assess the relationship between SH and coping strategies in a large sample of school-aged adolescents. METHOD A sample of public school students (n = 1,713), aged between 12 and 20 years, were...