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Risk Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts and Other Self‐injury Among Hong Kong Adolescents
Author(s) -
Wong Joy P. S.,
Stewart Sunita M.,
Ho S. Y.,
Lam T. H.
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.453
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychopathology , suicide prevention , self destructive behavior , psychology , injury prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , suicide ideation , accidental , suicide attempt , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , occupational safety and health , medicine , medical emergency , physics , pathology , acoustics
This study examined 1,361 Chinese adolescents who reported self‐injurious behaviors. Groups A and B both acknowledged deliberate self‐injury, but only Group A had made a suicide attempt. Group C reported accidental self‐injury. Deliberate self‐injurers (Groups A and B) were more frequently girls, older, and with more suicidal ideation. Group A had more psychopathology, environmental and suicide‐related risk factors than group B and C. Group C had higher depressive symptoms than noninjured controls. The study clarifies differences among self‐injurious behavior groups based on expressed deliberate self‐injury and self‐reported suicide attempt. These three groups appear to present a continuum of risk.