Risk factors associated with suicide attempts and other self-injury among Hong Kong adolescents

Joy P S Wong, Sunita M. Stewart, S. Y. Ho, T. H. Lam

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Abstract

This study examined 1,361 Chinese adolescents who reported self-injurious behaviors. Groups A and B both acknowledged deliberate self-injury, but only Group A had made a suicide attempt. Group C reported accidental self-injury. Deliberate self-injurers (Groups A and B) were more frequently girls, older, and with more suicidal ideation. Group A had more psychopathology, environmental and suicide-related risk factors than group B and C. Group C had higher depressive symptoms than noninjured controls. The study clarifies differences among self-injurious behavior groups based on expressed deliberate self-injury and self-reported suicide attempt. These three groups appear to present a continuum of risk.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)453-466
Number of pages14
JournalSuicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Volume37
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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