- Title
- Choice of NSSI methods and conflict in the home during adolescence do not predict the likelihood of NSSI continuation in adulthood
- Creator
- Blackburn-Smith, Sally
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Masters Coursework - Master of Clinical Psychology (MClinPsych)
- Description
- Research has previously found that interpersonal factors, motivation, familial and social support, and lower psychological distress were related to non-suicidal self-injury cessation. Additionally, little research has examined if higher conflict in the home relates to cessation or continuation and frequency of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury in adulthood. While a range of research has found that conflict in homes leads to negative outcomes for children, the role it plays in non-suicidal self-injury behaviours has been minimally examined. The present research aimed to investigate whether method of non-suicidal self-injury used during adolescence, e.g., cutting or hitting, predicted frequency, continuation, or cessation of non-suicidal self-injury in adulthood. A further aim was to examine the role of conflict in the home during adolescence upon frequency, cessation, or continuation of non-suicidal self-injury in adulthood. The 722 participants were Australians aged between 18 and 61 years. Multiple logistic regressions examined the relationships between method of non-suicidal self-injury and type of conflict in the home on non-suicidal self-injury cessation or continuation. It was found that no method significantly predicted non-suicidal self-injury cessation or continuation. As a result, researchers examined if the number of times non-suicidal self-injury is used impacted outcomes, it was found that higher usage of non-suicidal self-injury is predictive of continuation. Neither conflict between parents in adolescence, or between the parent and the adolescent significantly predicted non-suicidal self-injury continuation in adulthood. These results indicate that several external factors to those examined here may have a higher impact on non-suicidal self-injury cessation or continuation for these adolescents.
- Subject
- NSSI; non-suicidal self-injury; family conflict; adolescence
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1515295
- Identifier
- uon:56887
- Rights
- Copyright 2024 Sally Blackburn-Smith
- Language
- eng
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