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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions of past repeated NSSI on all study variables

From: Predictors of self-injury cessation and subsequent psychological growth: results of a probability sample survey of students in eight universities and colleges

 

Current repeateda NSSI

Pastb repeated NSSI

Multivariate modelc

 

M (SD)

% (n)

M (SD)

% (n)

AOR [95 % CI]

Sexd

     

  Male

 

65.4 (142)

 

34.6 (75)

1.00

  Female

 

55.9 (340)

 

44.1 (268)

1.55** [1.11, 2.15]

Age

21.1 (3.4)

 

21.8 (3.9)

 

1.05** [1.01–1.1]

NSSI characteristics

     

 NSSI lifetime frequency

     

  6–10 times

 

27.6 (135)

 

38.7 (134)

1.00

  11–20 times

 

23.3 (114)

 

27.2 (94)

.79 [.54, 1.15]

  21–50 times

 

22.7 (111)

 

21.7 (75)

.60* [.41,.90]

   > 50 times

 

26.5 (130)

 

12.4 (43)

.28*** [.18, .44]

 Age of NSSI onset

14.3 (3.5)

 

14.5 (3.04)

 

1.01 [.96,1.06]

 Number of NSSI functions

6.2 (3.8)

 

5.08 (3.5)

 

.92*** [.88, .96]

 Number of NSSI forms

3.42 (2.67)

 

2.96 (2.02)

 

.93* [ .88, .99]

 Perceived dependence on NSSI

2.5 (.99)

 

2.5 (0.91)

 

.93 [.60, 1.09]

 I think of myself as a self-injurer

 

30.3 (139)

 

19.1 (62)

.54*** [.38, .76]

NSSI is a problem in my life

2.38 (1.38)

 

3.10 (1.48)

 

1.4*** [1.27, 1.57]

Disclosure & formal help-seeking

     

 Have had a conversation about NSSI

 

62.1 (295)

 

57.3 (189)

0.86 1.01, 1.09]

 Number of NSSI conversationse

2.3 (1.38)

 

2.17 (1.17)

 

0.91 [.78, 1.05]

 Number of helpful NSSI conversationse

1.63 (0.86)

 

1.98 (1.10)

 

1.02 [.95, 1.1]

 Willingness to seek professional help

13.09 (3.62)

 

13.78 (3.99)

 

1.12 [.98, 1.28]

 Ever been in therapy

 

64.2 (307)

 

68.9 (230)

1.15 [.85, 1.56]

 Helpfulness of therapy in stopping NSSIf

1.64 (0.86)

 

1.97 (1.11)

 

1.45*** [1.19, 1.76]

Psychosocial factors

     

 Number of people can turn to when distressed

3.20 (2.37)

 

3.43 (2.29)

 

1.03 [.97, 1.10]

 Quality of social support

10.42 (2.02)

 

10.86 (1.77)

 

1.25*** [1.10, 1.41]

 Family emotional climate

12.24 (4.71)

 

12.17 (4.74)

 

0.99 [.97, 1.02]

 Found meaning in life

20.84 (5.57)

 

21.95 (6.38)

 

1.21** [1.06, 1.37]

 Emotion regulation strategies

26.31 (7.43)

 

29.48 (6.88)

 

1.39*** [1.23, 1.58]

 Life satisfaction

20.02 (7.39)

 

21.91 (7.37)

 

1.22** [1.07, 1.40]

Mental health and life trauma

     

 Count of traumatic life events

2.30 (1.73)

 

2.24 (1.67)

 

0.96 [.88, 1.05]

 Perceived suffered psychiatric condition

 

62.0 (304)

 

69.1 (239)

1.29 [.95, 1.73]

 Disordered eating behaviors

 

49.8 (244)

 

49.7 (172)

.96 [.72, 1.27]

 K-6 score

15.4 (3.99)

 

13.6 (3.67)

 

.88*** [.85, .92]

 Suicidal thoughts or behaviors

     

  No suicidal thoughts or behaviors

 

45.4 (221)

 

40.8 (141)

 

  Suicidal thoughts only

 

36.4 (177)

 

41.7 (144)

1.25 [.92, 1.7]

  Suicide behaviors

 

18.1 (88)

 

17.3 (60)

1.1 [.74, 1.65]

  1. NSSI non-suicidal self-injury, CI confidence interval, AOR adjusted odds ratio
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
  3. arepeated indicates 6 or more lifetime NSSI episodes
  4. bPast specifies individuals who have not practiced NSSI for at least one year and indicate that they unlikely to injure again
  5. cDerived from one logistic regression model per row that controls for sex and age
  6. dFrequencies do not sum to 100 % due to missing data
  7. eof participants who had ever had a conversation about NSSI
  8. fof participants who had ever been to therapy
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

ISSN: 1753-2000