Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: Longitudinal Course, Trajectories, and Intrapersonal Predictors

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 369-380

  Barrocas, Andrea L ^a   Giletta, Matteo ^b   Hankin, Benjamin L ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^b   Abela, John R Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attributional style; Depression; Latent trajectory classes; NSSI; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMUTILATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGATIVISM; PEER GROUP; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84926188063     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9895-4     Document Type: Article

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