A Comparison of Adolescents Engaging in Self-Injurious Behaviors With and Without Suicidal Intent: Self-Reported Experiences of Adverse Life Events and Trauma Symptoms

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1257-1272

  Zetterqvist, Maria ^a,b   Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^c   Svedin, Carl Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adverse life events; Non suicidal self injury; Suicide; Trauma symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84880514102     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9872-6     Document Type: Article

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