Adverse childhood experiences and their impact on frequency, severity, and the individual function of nonsuicidal self-injury in youth

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 265-272

  Kaess, Michael ^a,b   Parzer, Peter ^a   Mattern, Margarete ^a   Plener, Paul L ^c   Bifulco, Antonia ^d   Resch, Franz ^a   Brunner, Romuald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adolescence; Maltreatment; NSSI; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85028126783     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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