Brief report: The association between non‐suicidal self‐injury, self‐concept and acquaintance with self‐injurious peers in a sample of adolescents

Journal of Adolescence - Tập 33 - Trang 775-778 - 2010
Laurence Claes1, Adinda Houben1, Walter Vandereycken1, Patricia Bijttebier1, Jennifer Muehlenkamp2
1Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
2Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA

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ABSTRACTThe current study investigated the association between non‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI), self‐concept and acquaintance with NSSI peers in a sample of 150 high school students (60% female) with a mean age of 15.56 (SD = 2.00) years. Analyses showed that students with NSSI rated themselves lower on academic intelligence, physical attractiveness, social skills and emotional stability than their non‐NSSI peers. The self‐injurers also had more friends who engaged in NSSI, and having more NSSI acquaintances was negatively related to self‐esteem. It could be that adolescents with lower self‐esteem are more attracted to self‐injuring peers, or that adolescents with low self‐esteem are more vulnerable to copy NSSI to deal with their problems or to gain a certain identity in their peer group. Future studies must test these possible NSSI pathways.

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Journal of Adolescence

Tập 33

775-778

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