Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A School-Based Peer Education Program for Adolescents During COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) constitutes a major health concern among youth. However, less is known about the useful ways to prevent NSSI. As such, the NSSI- Peer Education Program (NSSI-PEP) aims to intervene on the vulnerability factors that predispose to NSSI by applying a peer education approach. The NSSI-PEP is grounded on the psychoanalytic tradition's tenets, implementing modules targeting four crucial risk factors for NSSI: pubertal transformation, body image, self-esteem, and emotion regulation. Methods: Selected 8^th grade students were trained to serve as peer educators and held a peer-education intervention for 6^th and 7^th grade students. Pre- and post-intervention assessments were conducted in order to evaluate the

SUBMITTER: Cipriano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793799 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature