A cross-sectional matched sample study of nonsuicidal self-injury among young adults: support for interpersonal and intrapersonal factors, with implications for coping strategies

Table 1 Differences between Never, Past, and Current NSSI Engagement groups on emotions, coping, and interpersonal supports

	Current NSSI				Past NSSI				Never NSSI				η²
	M	SD	95% CI		M	SD	95% CI		M	SD	95% CI
			LL	UL	M	SD	LL	UL	M	SD	LL	UL
Emotions
Depression (n = 89/group)*	19.73^a	6.67	18.32	21.13	15.10^b	7.66	13.49	16.72	8.48^c	4.41	7.55	9.41	0.34
Anxiety (n = 92/group)	13.03^a	3.21	12.39	13.69	13.86^a	2.78	13.28	14.41	15.63^b	2.54	15.09	16.13	0.13
Coping
Adaptive (n = 90/group)	38.23^a	11.86	35.79	40.66	36.29^a	11.83	33.61	38.57	33.47^b	8.05	31.78	35.15	0.03
Maladaptive (n = 90/group)	22.49^a	7.78	20.80	24.04	17.22^b	7.78	15.52	18.76	11.82^c	6.26	10.51	13.13	0.26
Interpersonal support
Family support (n = 93/group)	20.28^a	6.82	18.88	21.68	22.01^b	5.34	20.91	23.11	24.48^c	4.37	23.58	25.38	0.09
Friend support (n = 93/group)	22.10^a	5.78	20.93	23.26	23.25^a,b	4.60	22.30	24.19	24.58^b	4.22	23.71	25.45	0.04
Significant other support (n = 93/group)	21.44^a	6.69	20.07	22.82	23.94^b	5.50	22.80	25.07	24.57^b	4.70	23.60	25.54	0.05
Ethnic identity (n = 93/group)	2.54	0.68	2.42	2.70	2.52	0.72	2.37	2.67	2.49	0.70	2.35	2.64	0.01
Belonging (n = 93/group)	2.38^a	0.69	2.24	2.52	2.58^a	0.79	2.42	2.75	3.09^b	0.55	2.98	3.20	0.16

Different superscript letters (^{a, b, c}) signify the group significantly differed.
* Sample size per group is noted by each dependent variable, as noted earlier if one person in the triad match was missing a scale score the entire matched triad was removed from the analysis to ensure matched demographic data remained constant. No one participant was missing data from all dependent variables.

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