Poor Sleep Associates With Recent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Engagement in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Objective/Background: Poor sleep has been shown to have multiple negative outcomes during adolescence, in both academic and mental health domains. Several studies have identified the association between poor sleep and suicide risk in adolescents. However, onset of and engagement in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is also common in this age group, but this behavior has rarely been studied in association with sleep in adolescent samples. In the current study, it was expected that poorer sleep and more symptoms of insomnia would associate with a greater likelihood of recent NSSI engagement and greater NSSI severity. Participants: Data were collected from 387 community adolescents (mean age = 14.19, SD = 1.08), 9% of whom reported NSSI in the past 6 months. The gender break

SUBMITTER: Bandel SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6535134 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature