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T1 Distinguishing the role of adverse life events in suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury in Spanish adolescents and young adults.
A1 Marrero Quevedo, Rosario Josefa
A1 Macarena Bello, Esperanza
A1 Morales Marrero, Daida
A1 Fumero Hernández, Ascensión Ángeles
A2 Psicología ClínicaPsicobiología y Metodología
A2 IUNE
K1 Sexual abuse
K1 Traumatic events
K1 Witness of self-injury
AB Adverse life events have been shown to increase the chances of harmful thoughts, or behavior against oneself. This study aims to fill this gap by identifying how adverse life events (witnessing a friend’s or family member’s self-injury, eatingbehavior problems, concern about sexual orientation, physical or sexual abuse) experienced by adolescents and young adults are associated with different indicators of suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury behaviors, according to genderand age. Participants were 625 young people aged between 12 and 25 years (Mean=15.91, SD=2.44), of whom 61.7% were girls. Of total participants, 53.44% reported adverse life events. Physical or sexual abuse was more associated withsuicidality and non-suicidal self-injury compared to being witness to a friend’s self-injury. Girls who experienced physical abuse had more suicidal ideation than boys, while boys who experienced sexual abuse had more suicidal ideationthan girls. Young adults who had experienced sexual abuse and those who witnessed a friend’s self-injury reported more non-suicidal self-injury attempts than adolescents in the same situations. For eating problems, adolescents showed more non-suicidal self-injury attempts than young adults. The findings underline the importance of considering adverse lifeevents in order to prevent suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury behavior.
SN 1936-4733
YR 2024
FD 2024
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 23-nov-2024