Identifying high-risk groups for self-harm in adolescents using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): a cross-cohort comparison latent class analysis study.

ABSTRACT: Young people who self-harm are at an increased risk of suicide. Furthering our understanding of the risk factors for self-harm is essential for identifying high-risk groups, which can be used to inform the design of preventative interventions. This study used the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and applied latent class analysis to the risk factors for self-harm at ages 13 and 17. Longitudinal associations between the latent classes and self-harm at ages 17 and 20 were examined. Cross-cohort comparisons were conducted between this study and a previous study using Irish data. At age 13 there was a low risk group, a peer problems group, and substance use group, similar for the two cohort studies, and a family conflict group, which was the least similar group to its ma

SUBMITTER: McEvoy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12507929 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature