Reciprocal Associations Between Adolescent Girls' Chronic Interpersonal Stress and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Multi-wave Prospective Investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with increased risk of suicide attempts. Theories of NSSI assert interpersonal stress as a common risk factor for, and perhaps consequence of, NSSI. Prior research has not examined reciprocal associations between chronic interpersonal stress and NSSI. This study used a multiwave, prospective design to address this gap in a sample of adolescent girls, a group with elevated risk for both chronic interpersonal stress and NSSI. Pubertal development was examined as a moderator of the reciprocal associations.

Methods

Adolescent girls (N = 220; ages 12-16, M age = 14.69 years) at heightened risk for NSSI completed a baseline assessment and follow-up assessments over 18 months, divided into two 9-month epochs (Time 1 and 2). Puber

SUBMITTER: Miller AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6958511 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature