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Title: Unanswered questions in adolescent self-harm : a closer look at impulsivity
Related: Simon Boag. Personality down under : perspectives from Australia, p.177-188
Publisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers Inc
Date: 2008
Author/Creator: Stanford, Sarah
Author/Creator: Jones, Michael
Description: Research to date suggests that as many as 12-15% of young people engage in self-harm. Elevated levels of impulsivity have been found amongst adolescents who self-harm; however, this association requires further research, particularly relating to gender differences. Therefore the present study sought to clarify the role of impulsivity in adolescent self-harm in a community sampe (n=1111). School and university students completed a questionnaire which encompassed factors. The study confirms prior research suggesting that adolescents who self-harm are more impulsive than adolescents who do not self-harm. In addition, although there is no overall gender difference in impulsivity, the present study found that among adolescents who have self-harmed recently, males were substantially more impulsive than females. These findings have important clinical implications, as impulsivity has been associated with increased risk for repetitive self-harm and completed suicide.
Subject Keyword: adolescence
Subject Keyword: impulsivity
Subject Keyword: self-harm
Subject Keyword: sensation-seeking
Resource Type: book chapter
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Psychology

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/71781
Identifier: ISBN:9781604567946
Identifier: mq-rm-2007010120
Language: eng

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