Functions of nonsuicidal self-injury in a Hungarian community adolescent sample: a psychometric investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury (ISAS) is a psychometrically valid tool to evaluate the motives of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), but there are a few studies that test gender differences in the factor structure of the measurement. However, several differences across gender were identified in NSSI (e.g., in prevalence, methods, functions). Therefore, our study focused on further analyses of the dimensionality of the ISAS functions.

Methods

Among Hungarian adolescents with a history of NSSI (N = 418; 70.6% girls; mean age was 16.86, SD = 1.45), confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling frameworks were used to test the factor structure of the ISAS part II.

Results

Results support the two-factor structure of the qu

SUBMITTER: Reinhardt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature