Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: A cross-national study of community samples from Italy, the Netherlands and the United States

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 66-72

  Giletta, Matteo ^a,b   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Ciairano, Silvia ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Correlates; Cross national; Non suicidal self injury (NSSI)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ITALY; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON SUICIDAL SELF INJURY; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862310219     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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