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Deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old adolescents: A pilot study with a modified version of the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory

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Author

  • Lars-Gunnar Lundh
  • Jessica Karim
  • Eva Quilisch

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

33-41

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volume

48

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • deliberate self-harm
  • mindfulness
  • self-esteem
  • adolescents

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1467-9450