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Table 1 Demographic and psychological characteristics of the study participants (n = 224)

From: Child maltreatment exposure and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: the mediating roles of difficulty in emotion regulation and depressive symptoms

Variable

Mean (SD)/n (%) (Valid) Value

Age (years), Mean (SD)

15.30 (1.83)

Sex

Boy, n (%)

48 (21.4%)

Girl, n (%)

176 (78.6%)

Education (years), Mean (SD)

9.54 (1.97)

DERS, Mean (SD)

119.30 (22.69)

Childhood maltreatment

EA, Mean (SD)

12.80 (5.21)

PA, Mean (SD)

7.87 (3.63)

SA, Mean (SD)

6.11 (2.69)

EN, Mean (SD)

14.60 (5.49)

PN, Mean (SD)

9.62 (4.18)

Depression

PHQ-9, Mean (SD)

18.33 (5.45)

NSSI (CRSNSSI)

None, n (%)

78 (34.8%)

Subthreshold, n (%)

43 (19.2%)

Mild, n (%)

17 (7.6%)

Moderate, n (%)

40 (17.9%)

Severe, n (%)

46 (20.5%)

Diagnosis

Depressive disorders, n (%)

162 (72.3%)

Anxiety disorders, n (%)

42 (18.8%)

Trauma and stressor-related disorders, n (%)

42 (18.8%)

Bipolar and related disorders, n (%)

23 (10.3%)

Borderline personality disorder, n (%)

14 (6.3%)

Disruptive, Impulse control and conduct disorders, n (%)

12 (5.4%)

Obsessive compulsive disorders, n (%)

5 (2.2%)

  1. DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, PA physical abuse, PN physical neglect, EA emotional abuse, EN emotional neglect, SA sexual abuse, CRSNSSI Clinician-Rated Severity of NonSuicidal Self-Injury