The motivation to avoid pain and injury is a fundamental instinct, crucial to the survival of
individuals and species. Yet, each year, millions of people purposefully and directly injure …

Background Non-suicidal self-injury is being increasingly recognised as a prominent public
health concern. Identification of early and modifiable risk factors is necessary to advance the …

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) occurs in approximately 10% of adolescents. To establish
effective prevention and intervention initiatives, it is important to understand onset …

Introduction Childhood maltreatment (CM) has been associated with an increased risk of
non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behaviors. However, the exact nature of the …

The research investigated the prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) during the COVID-
19 outbreak and identified the psychosocial risk factors among junior high school students in …

We reviewed research on the relationship between (a) exposure to psychological trauma
and (b) nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidality (suicidal ideation [SI] and suicide …

Although child maltreatment exposure is a recognized risk factor for self-harm, mechanisms
underlying this relationship remain unclear. Self-harm may function as a compensatory …

It is well known that alexithymic individuals may show significantly higher levels of anxiety,
depression, and psychological suffering than non-alexithymics. There is an increasing …

Background Emotional abuse is a form of maltreatment that most strongly predicts adult
depressive symptoms in community samples. Introject theories suggest that some …

There is growing evidence that some individuals engage in both self-harm and aggression
during the course of their lifetime. The co-occurrence of self-harm and aggression is termed …