Childhood trauma and non-suicidal self-injury: Mental pain and depression as mediators in university and community samples?

Holden, Ronald R.; Patterson, Allisha; Fekken, G. Cynthia

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111414

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“…Recently, several researchers have focused on NSSI and its causes [5], characteristics [6], effects on mental health [7], differences in age and gender [8], assessment and treatment [9], relationship with personality traits [10], and relationship with childhood trauma have been investigated [11].…”

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The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender

Yang

Xue

et al. 2022

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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) can be defined as the deliberate destruction of body tissues to generate harm. College students have a higher incidence of NSSI. With the deepening of research on college students’ NSSI, the connection between their self-consistency congruence and NSSI has drawn the attention of many scholars. The current study examined the association between self-concordance and NSSI, the mediating function of negative emotions, and the moderating role of gender. We surveyed 1020 college students from three universities in Jiangxi Province using a self-concordant scale, a NSSI questionnaire, and a negative emotion questionnaire. The results showed that self-concordance was negatively correlated with NSSI. There is an obvious negative connection between self-consistency congruence and negative emotions. There was a significant positive correlation between negative emotions and the NSSI scores. Negative emotions could mediate the association between self-consistency congruence and NSSI. Compared to males, females’ self-concordant effects on negative emotions are easier to moderate.

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The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender

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Xue

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“…It is likely that a combination or interaction of these factors contributes to the risk of NSSI. What’s more, previous research has shown that depression plays a significant role in mediating the relationship between bullying victimization and self-harm (Moore et al, 2022 ), as well as between childhood maltreatment and NSSI (Holden et al, 2022 ). However, further investigation is needed to gain insights into the complex interactions that exist between these risk factors and depression.…”

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Using decision tree to predict non-suicidal self-injury among young adults: the role of depression, childhood maltreatment and recent bullying victimization

Wang,

Xu,

Wang

et al. 2024

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Importance: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a significant mental health issue requiring a deeper understanding of its underlying causes, such as childhood maltreatment, adult bullying victimization, and depression. Previous studies have not adequately addressed the cumulative risks of these factors on NSSI among college students. This population-based study investigates these cumulative risk factors. Design, setting, and participants: The cross-sectional study included 63 university’s college students with a mean age of 19.6 years ( N = 95,833). Main outcomes and measures: Two Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) decision tree models were used to classify subgroups based on childhood maltreatment and adult bullying victimization experiences and to investigate their cumulative risks of NSSI. Recursive partitioning algorithms determined each predictor variable’s relative importance. Results: The CHAID model accurately predicted NSSI behaviours with an overall accuracy rate of 77.8% for individuals with clinically relevant depressive symptoms and 97.2% for those without. Among depressed individuals, childhood emotional abuse was the strongest NSSI predictor (Chi-Square, 650.747; adjusted P < .001), followed by sexual and physical abuse. For non-depressed individuals, emotional abuse in childhood was the strongest NSSI predictor (Chi-Square, 2084.171; adjusted P < .001), with sexual and verbal bullying in the past year representing the most significant proximal risks. Conclusions and relevance: Emotional abuse during childhood profoundly impacts individuals, increasing the risk of NSSI in both depressed and non-depressed individuals. Clinically relevant depressive symptoms have a moderating effect on the relationship between childhood maltreatment, adult bullying victimization, and NSSI. Identifying these factors can inform targeted interventions to prevent NSSI development among young adults.

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“…Gap 2: In the NSSI literature, there is a lack of studies that assess the prevalence of NSSI among Chinese university students using measurement scales that take into account NSSI-related behavioral trends in China. The vast majority of related research on the measurement of university students’ NSSI behaviors has concentrated on Western samples ( Whitlock, 2011 ; Burke et al, 2017 ; Simone and Hamza, 2021 ; Holden et al, 2022 ), and Chinese scholars’ NSSI scale development has been largely based on the translation and slight revision of Western scales ( Qiu and Hou, 2020 ). This has led to significant deficiencies in NSSI research based on the Chinese sociocultural context, thereby rendering comparative research on self-injury domestically and internationally challenging.…”

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Nonsuicidal self-injury among Chinese university students during the post-COVID-19 era: analysis of sex differences and the impact of gender role conflict

Xin,

Petrovic,

Yang

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundGlobal centers of epidemic prevention and control have entered a new stage of normalization, namely, the “post-COVID-19 era.” During the post-COVID-19 era, which is characterized by the time period following that with the most serious medical consequences, the psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic began to receive worldwide attention, especially the degree of psychological distress it caused.AimThis study explored the differential impact of gender role conflict on Chinese university students’ engagement in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) as a function of biological sex following the global COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsParticipants were 1,600 university students in northwestern China (Mage = 21.3 years; 50.8% women) who completed online measures of demographic variables (including biological sex, gender role conflict, and NSSI engagement).ResultsWomen reported significantly more gender role conflicts than men did, while engagement in NSSI was significantly more prevalent among men than women. A total of 262 men reported engaging in at least one NSSI behavior, resulting in a prevalence rate of 33.25%. In comparison, a total of 106 individuals reported engaging in at least one NSSI behavior, resulting in a prevalence rate of 13.05% among women. Gender role conflict was found to significantly predict university students’ NSSI engagement, regardless of biological sex.ConclusionThis is the first empirical study to identify sex differences in both gender role conflict and engagement in NSSI among university students in Northwestern China during the post-COVID-19 era. In addition, the present study is the first to demonstrate how gender role conflict predicts engagement in NSSI across sexes. These findings will inform the literature on gender role conflict and NSSI, particularly the close relationship between gender role conflict and engagement in NSSI among Chinese university students, and they emphasize the need for continued efforts to explore NSSI cross-culturally.

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Childhood trauma and non-suicidal self-injury: Mental pain and depression as mediators in university and community samples?

Cited by 11 publications

References 31 publications

The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender

The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender

Using decision tree to predict non-suicidal self-injury among young adults: the role of depression, childhood maltreatment and recent bullying victimization

Nonsuicidal self-injury among Chinese university students during the post-COVID-19 era: analysis of sex differences and the impact of gender role conflict

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