Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in a Community Sample of Adolescents: Subgroups, Stability, and Associations With Psychological Difficulties

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 678-693

  Bjärehed, Jonas ^a   Wångby Lundh, Margit ^a   Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84869190140     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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