Social and life skills in adolescents who have self-harmed: analysis of survey responses from a national sample of adolescents in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social and life skills (SLS) may be important in the prevention and treatment of self-harm, but few studies have described this relationship. We examined three components of SLS in adolescents who reported self-harm that was, according to themselves, diagnosed by a clinician.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

National screening prior to military service.

Participants

176 284 residents of Norway born in 1999-2001 received a declaration of health. We included 171 486 individuals (84 153 (49%) women and 87 333 (51%) men) who were 17 (n=1 67 855) or 18 years of age (n=3631) when they completed the declaration.

Outcome measure

The main outcome was clinically diagnosed self-harm, defined as self-harm that the adolescents themselves stated had been diag

SUBMITTER: Fadum EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593742 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature