Incidence and Course of Adolescent Deliberate Self-Harm in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There have been few longitudinal studies of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in adolescents. This cross-national longitudinal study outlines risk and protective factors for DSH incidence and persistence.

Methods

Seventh and ninth grade students (average ages 13 and 15 years) were recruited as state-representative cohorts, surveyed, and then followed up 12 months later (N = 3,876), using the same methods in Washington State and Victoria, Australia. The retention rate was 99% in both states at follow-up. A range of risk and protective factors for DSH were examined using multivariate analyses.

Results

The prevalence of DSH in the past year was 1.53% in Grade 7 and .91% in Grade 9 for males and 4.12% and 1.34% for Grade 7 and Grade 9 females, respectively, with similar

SUBMITTER: Heerde JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4621461 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature