کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
890104 1472036 2015 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Non-suicidal self-injury and identity distress in Flemish adolescents: Exploring gender differences and mediational pathways
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
خودسوزی و آسیب های هویتی در نوجوانان فلسطینی: بررسی تفاوت های جنسیتی و راه های میانجی
کلمات کلیدی
صدمات غیر خودکشی، حوزه هویت، نوجوانان
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
چکیده انگلیسی


• We examined gender differences in NSSI and identity distress.
• Gender differences were observed in identity distress and impairment.
• Presence/absence of NSSI was related to higher distress over some identity domains.
• Identity impairment mediated gender differences in lifetime prevalence of NSSI.

There is an increasing amount of research that examines non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in relation to identity formation in adolescents. However, little or no research to date has explored associations between NSSI and identity distress in specific domains. To address this shortcoming, we assessed NSSI, identity distress, anxiety, and depression using self-report questionnaires in 568 high school students. Gender differences in NSSI were found with lifetime prevalence of NSSI being twice as high in females as compared to males. Gender differences in terms of identity domains were also significant; adolescent females showed higher levels of distress in the identity domains of career goals, friendship, and group loyalties as compared to males. Adolescents engaging in NSSI showed higher distress in domains of long-term goals, friendship, sexual orientation and behavior, values and beliefs. Results indicated that it was not distress in specific domains as such but the impairment due to daily impact of identity distress that explained additional variance in lifetime prevalence of NSSI above and beyond gender, age, depression, and anxiety. We also demonstrated that gender differences in lifetime prevalence of NSSI were mediated by differences in such identity impairment. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Personality and Individual Differences - Volume 82, August 2015, Pages 215–220
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