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Lifetime and 12‐Month Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury and Academic Performance in College Freshmen
Author(s) -
Kiekens Glenn,
Claes Laurence,
Demyttenaere Koen,
Auerbach Randy P.,
Green Jennifer G.,
Kessler Ronald C.,
Mortier Philippe,
Nock Matthew K.,
Bruffaerts Ronny
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12237
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , academic achievement , medicine , gerontology , psychiatry , developmental psychology
We examined whether nonsuicidal self‐injury ( NSSI ) is associated with academic performance in college freshmen, using census‐based web surveys ( N = 7,527; response = 65.4%). NSSI was assessed with items from the Self‐Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview and subsequently linked with the administratively recorded academic year percentage ( AYP ). Freshmen with lifetime and 12‐month NSSI showed a reduction in AYP of 3.4% and 5.9%, respectively. The college environment was found to moderate the effect of 12‐month NSSI , with more strongly reduced AYP s in departments with higher‐than‐average mean departmental AYP s. The findings suggest that overall stress and test anxiety are underlying processes between NSSI membership and academic performance.