A Person-Centered Approach to Adolescent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Predictors and Correlates in a Community Sample

Growing incidence of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and a lack of intensive examination of NSSI variability among adolescents justify identification of latent classes based on the endorsement of different NSSI behaviors. Latent class analysis was used to detect the heterogeneity of past month NSSI a...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence Vol. 51; no. 9; pp. 1760 - 1773
Main Authors: Reinhardt, Melinda, Rice, Kenneth G., Durán, Barbara S., Kökönyei, Gyöngyi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child and School Psychology
Child development
Child Health
Clinical Psychology
Coping
Criticism
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Empirical Research
Expectation
Health Psychology
History of Psychology
Hungarian
Individual Differences
Injuries
Latent class analysis
Law and Psychology
Life transitions
Mental disorders
Mental health
Negative Attitudes
Patient-centered care
Personality
Personality Problems
Personality traits
Psychological Services
Psychology
Psychopathology
Resilience (Psychology)
Secondary school students
Self destructive behavior
Teenagers
Well Being
Latent class analysis
Adolescents
Nonsuicidal self-injury
Perfectionism
Mental health
ISSN:0047-2891, 1573-6601, 1573-6601
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Summary:Growing incidence of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and a lack of intensive examination of NSSI variability among adolescents justify identification of latent classes based on the endorsement of different NSSI behaviors. Latent class analysis was used to detect the heterogeneity of past month NSSI among 322 high school students (73.2% female). Two interpretable latent classes emerged. The Severe/Multimethod NSSI class (39%) engaged in almost all forms of NSSI with high intensity and motivated mainly for intrapersonal reasons. The results imply that compared to Mild/Moderate NSSI group (61%), the Severe class is at greater risk for poor mental health, which can exacerbate further NSSI acts. In school settings, identifying adolescents who are vulnerable for more severe NSSI can help to interrupt NSSI trajectories to emerging adulthood.
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ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/s10964-022-01628-y