Risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students.

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Authors

Kim L. Gratz · Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Sheree Dukes Conrad · Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Lizabeth Roemer · Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Abstract

This self-report study examined the risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students. Results indicated that insecure attachment, childhood separation, emotional neglect, sexual abuse, and dissociation were significant predictors of self-harm. Substantial gender differences in the risk factors for self-harm behavior were also revealed. Suggestions for future research are provided.

Topics & Keywords

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volume 72, Issue 1, pp. 128-140

DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.1.128

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