Open AccessNonsuicidal Self-Injury Among a Representative Sample of US Adolescents, 2015
Author(s) -
Martin A. Monto,
Nick McRee,
Frank Samuel Deryck
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304470
Subject(s) - logistic regression , medicine , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , injury prevention , demography , suicide prevention , poison control , youth risk behavior survey , occupational safety and health , adolescent health , depression (economics) , human factors and ergonomics , ethnic group , clinical psychology , gerontology , environmental health , population , nursing , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
To provide prevalence estimates of adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) based on large, representative, nonclinical samples of high-school students, and to explore gender differences in health risks associated with NSSI.